<h3>Cyrus, God's Instrument</h3>45 <poetry>Thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> to his anointed, to Cyrus, <indent> whose right hand I have grasped,</indent> to subdue nations before him <indent>and to loose the belts of kings,</indent> to open doors before him <indent>that gates may not be closed:</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>“I will go before you <indent>and level the exalted places, </indent> I will break in pieces the doors of bronze <indent>and cut through the bars of iron,</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry> I will give you the treasures of darkness <indent>and the hoards in secret places,</indent> that you may know that it is I, the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the God of Israel, who call you by your name.</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>For the sake of my servant Jacob, <indent>and Israel my chosen,</indent> I call you by your name, <indent> I name you, though you do not know me.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry> I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other, <indent>besides me there is no God;</indent> <indent> I equip you, though you do not know me,</indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry> that people may know, from the rising of the sun <indent>and from the west, that there is none besides me;</indent> <indent>I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other.</indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>I form light and create darkness; <indent>I make well-being and create calamity;</indent> <indent>I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, who does all these things.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 8 <poetry> “Shower, O heavens, from above, <indent>and let the clouds rain down righteousness;</indent> let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; <indent>let the earth cause them both to sprout;</indent> <indent>I the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> have created it.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 9 <poetry> “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, <indent>a pot among earthen pots!</indent> Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ <indent>or ‘Your work has no handles’?</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ <indent>or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>Thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:</indent> “Ask me of things to come; <indent>will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands? </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry> I made the earth <indent>and created man on it;</indent> it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, <indent>and I commanded all their host.</indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry> I have stirred him up in righteousness, <indent> and I will make all his ways level;</indent> he shall build my city <indent> and set my exiles free,</indent> not for price or reward,” <indent>says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> of hosts.</indent></poetry></poetry> <h3>The Lord, the Only Savior</h3> 14 <poetry>Thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, <indent>and the Sabeans, men of stature,</indent> shall come over to you and be yours; <indent>they shall follow you;</indent> <indent>they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.</indent> They will plead with you, saying: <indent>‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,</indent> <indent>no god besides him.’”</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 15 <poetry> Truly, you are a God who hides himself, <indent>O God of Israel, the Savior.</indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry> All of them are put to shame and confounded; <indent>the makers of idols go in confusion together.</indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>But Israel is saved by the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>with everlasting salvation;</indent> you shall not be put to shame or confounded <indent>to all eternity.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 18 <poetry> For thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, who created the heavens <indent>(he is God!),</indent> who formed the earth and made it <indent>(he established it;</indent> he did not create it empty, <indent> he formed it to be inhabited!):</indent> “I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other. </poetry> 19 <poetry> I did not speak in secret, <indent>in a land of darkness;</indent> I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, <indent> ‘Seek me in vain.’ </indent> I the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> speak the truth; <indent>I declare what is right.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 20 <poetry> “Assemble yourselves and come; <indent>draw near together,</indent> <indent>you survivors of the nations!</indent> They have no knowledge <indent>who carry about their wooden idols,</indent> and keep on praying to a god <indent>that cannot save.</indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry> Declare and present your case; <indent>let them take counsel together!</indent> Who told this long ago? <indent>Who declared it of old?</indent> Was it not I, the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>? <indent>And there is no other god besides me,</indent> a righteous God and a Savior; <indent>there is none besides me.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 22 <poetry>“Turn to me and be saved, <indent> all the ends of the earth!</indent> <indent>For I am God, and there is no other.</indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry> By myself I have sworn; <indent>from my mouth has gone out in righteousness</indent> <indent>a word that shall not return:</indent> ‘To me every knee shall bow, <indent>every tongue shall swear allegiance.’ </indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 24 <poetry> “Only in the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, it shall be said of me, <indent>are righteousness and strength;</indent> to him shall come and be ashamed <indent> all who were incensed against him.</indent> </poetry> 25 <poetry>In the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> all the offspring of Israel <indent>shall be justified and shall glory.”</indent></poetry></poetry>

Isaiah 45:1

Thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> to <cr>1</cr>his anointed, to Cyrus, <indent><cr>2</cr>whose right hand I have grasped,</indent> to subdue nations before him <indent>and <cr>3</cr>to loose the belts of kings,</indent> to open doors before him <indent>that gates may not be closed:</indent>

“I will go before you <indent>and <cr>1</cr>level the exalted places,<ft>1</ft></indent> <cr>2</cr>I will break in pieces the doors of bronze <indent>and cut through the bars of iron,</indent>

Isaiah 45:2

<cr>1</cr>I will give you the treasures of darkness <indent>and the hoards in secret places,</indent> that you may know that it is I, the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the God of Israel, <cr>2</cr>who call you by your name.</indent>

Isaiah 45:3

For the sake of my servant Jacob, <indent>and Israel my chosen,</indent> <cr>1</cr>I call you by your name, <indent><cr>2</cr>I name you, though you do not know me.</indent>

Isaiah 45:4

<cr>1</cr>I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other, <indent>besides me there is no God;</indent> <indent><cr>2</cr>I equip you, though you do not know me,</indent>

Isaiah 45:5

<cr>1</cr>that people may know, from the rising of the sun <indent>and from the west, that there is none besides me;</indent> <indent>I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other.</indent>

Isaiah 45:6

I form light and create darkness; <indent>I make well-being and <cr>1</cr>create calamity;</indent> <indent>I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, who does all these things.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:7

<cr>1</cr>“Shower, O heavens, from above, <indent>and <cr>2</cr>let the clouds rain down righteousness;</indent> let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; <indent>let the earth cause them both to sprout;</indent> <indent>I the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> have created it.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:8

<cr>1</cr>“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, <indent>a pot among earthen pots!</indent> <cr>2</cr>Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ <indent>or ‘Your work has no handles’?</indent>

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ <indent>or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:10

Thus says <cr>1</cr>the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:</indent> <cr>2</cr>“Ask me of things to come; <indent>will you command me <cr>3</cr>concerning my children and <cr>4</cr>the work of my hands?<ft>1</ft></indent>

Isaiah 45:11

<cr>1</cr>I made the earth <indent>and created man on it;</indent> it was my hands <cr>2</cr>that stretched out the heavens, <indent>and <cr>3</cr>I commanded all their host.</indent>

Isaiah 45:12

<cr>1</cr>I have stirred him up in righteousness, <indent><cr>2</cr>and I will make all his ways level;</indent> <cr>3</cr>he shall build my city <indent><cr>4</cr>and set my exiles free,</indent> not for price or reward,” <indent>says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> of hosts.</indent></poetry>

Isaiah 45:13

Isaiah 45:14

Thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>: <cr>1</cr>“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, <indent>and the Sabeans, men of stature,</indent> shall come over to you <cr>2</cr>and be yours; <indent>they shall follow you;</indent> <indent>they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.</indent> They will plead with you, saying: <indent>‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,</indent> <indent>no god besides him.’”</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

<cr>1</cr>Truly, you are a God who hides himself, <indent>O God of Israel, the Savior.</indent>

Isaiah 45:15

<cr>1</cr>All of them are put to shame and confounded; <indent>the makers of idols go in confusion together.</indent>

Isaiah 45:16

But Israel is saved by the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>with everlasting salvation;</indent> <cr>1</cr>you shall not be put to shame or confounded <indent>to all eternity.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:17

<cr>1</cr>For thus says the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, who created the heavens <indent>(he is God!),</indent> who formed the earth and made it <indent>(he established it;</indent> he <cr>2</cr>did not create it empty, <indent><cr>3</cr>he formed it to be inhabited!):</indent> “I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:18

<cr>1</cr>I did not speak in secret, <indent>in a land of darkness;</indent> I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, <indent><cr>2</cr>‘Seek me in vain.’<ft>1</ft></indent> I the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> speak <cr>3</cr>the truth; <indent>I declare what is right.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:19

<cr>1</cr>“Assemble yourselves and come; <indent>draw near together,</indent> <indent>you survivors of the nations!</indent> <cr>2</cr>They have no knowledge <indent>who <cr>3</cr>carry about their wooden idols,</indent> <cr>4</cr>and keep on praying to a god <indent>that cannot save.</indent>

Isaiah 45:20

<cr>1</cr>Declare and present your case; <indent>let them take counsel together!</indent> Who told this long ago? <indent>Who declared it of old?</indent> Was it not I, the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>? <indent>And there is no other god besides me,</indent> a righteous God <cr>2</cr>and a Savior; <indent>there is none besides me.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:21

“Turn to me and be saved, <indent><cr>1</cr>all the ends of the earth!</indent> <indent>For I am God, and there is no other.</indent>

Isaiah 45:22

<cr>1</cr>By myself I have sworn; <indent>from my mouth has gone out in <cr>2</cr>righteousness</indent> <indent>a word that shall not return:</indent> <cr>3</cr>‘To me every knee shall bow, <indent>every tongue shall swear allegiance.’<ft>1</ft></indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 45:23

<cr>1</cr>“Only in the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, it shall be said of me, <indent>are righteousness and <cr>2</cr>strength;</indent> to him shall come and be ashamed <indent><cr>3</cr>all who were incensed against him.</indent>

Isaiah 45:24

In the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> all the offspring of Israel <indent>shall be justified and shall glory.”</indent></poetry>

Isaiah 45:25

 1 Thus says the Lord to  his anointed, to Cyrus,  whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and  to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:  2 “I will go before you and  level the exalted places,   I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron,  3  I will give you the treasures of darkness 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.  4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen,  I call you by your name,  I name you, though you do not know me.  5  I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God;  I equip you, though you do not know me,  6  that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.  7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and  create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.  8  “Shower, O heavens, from above, and  let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it.  9  “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots!  Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?  10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”  11 Thus says  the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:  “Ask me of things to come; will you command me  concerning my children and  the work of my hands?   12  I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands  that stretched out the heavens, and  I commanded all their host.  13  I have stirred him up in righteousness,  and I will make all his ways level;  he shall build my city  and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts. 14 Thus says the Lord:  “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, 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 plead with you, saying: ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.’”  15  Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.  16  All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together.  17 But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation;  you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.  18  For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he  did not create it empty,  he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.  19  I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,  ‘Seek me in vain.’  I the Lord speak  the truth; I declare what is right.  20  “Assemble yourselves and come; 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.  21  Declare and present your case; 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.  22 “Turn to me and be saved,  all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.  23  By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in  righteousness a word that shall not return:  ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’   24  “Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and  strength; to him shall come and be ashamed  all who were incensed against him.  25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.”

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