Book of Isaiah, Chapter 45
Chapter 45 of Isaiah
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ungird the loins of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
and level the mountains,[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut asunder the bars of iron,
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the LORD,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I surname you, though you do not know me.
besides me there is no God;
I gird you, though you do not know me,
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I make weal and create woe,
I am the LORD, who do all these things.
and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth,[b]
and let it cause righteousness to spring up also;
I the LORD have created it.
an earthen vessel with the potter![c]
Does the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’”
the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“Will you question me[d] about my children,
or command me concerning the work of my hands?
and created man upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
and I will make straight all his ways;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the LORD of hosts.
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia,
and the Sabe′ans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours,
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying:
‘God is with you only, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”
O God of Israel, the Savior.
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it a chaos,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the LORD, and there is no other.
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek me in chaos.’
I the LORD speak the truth,
I declare what is right.
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the LORD?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me.
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear.’
are righteousness and strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed,
all who were incensed against him.
shall triumph and glory.”FOOTNOTES
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