Keraia
Major Prophets

Isaiah 45

God Calls Cyrus

1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed,

whose right hand I have grasped

to subdue nations before him,

to disarm kings,

to open the doors before him,

so that the gates will not be shut:

1Thus says YHWH to His anointed, to Cyrus, of whose right hand I have taken hold to subdue nations before his face; and I will open the loins of kings—to open doors before his face, so that the gates will not be shut:

2“I will go before you

and level the mountains;

I will break down the gates of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron.

2“I will go before you, and I will level the mountains; the gates of bronze I will break apart, and the bars of iron I will cut through.

3I will give you the treasures of darkness

and the riches hidden in secret places,

so that you may know that I am the LORD,

the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

3And I will give to you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, so that you may know that I am YHWH, the One calling you by your name, the God of Israel,

4For the sake of Jacob My servant

and Israel My chosen one,

I call you by name;

I have given you a title of honor,

though you have not known Me.

4for the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen one—and I have called you by your name; I give you a name, though you have not known Me.

5I am the LORD, and there is no other;

there is no God but Me.

I will equip you for battle,

though you have not known Me,

5I am YHWH, and there is no other; besides Me there are no gods. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,

6so that all may know,

from where the sun rises to where it sets,

that there is none but Me;

I am the LORD, and there is no other.

6so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides Me. I am YHWH, and there is no other—

7I form the light and create the darkness;

I bring prosperity and create calamity.

I, the LORD, do all these things.

7forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating calamity—I am YHWH, the One doing all these things!

8Drip down, O heavens, from above,

and let the skies pour down righteousness.

Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout

and righteousness spring up with it;

I, the LORD, have created it.

8Rain down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open up, and let sprout up salvation and righteousness—let it spring up together! I, YHWH, have created it.

9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—

one clay pot among many.

Does the clay ask the potter,

‘What are you making?’

Does your work say,

‘He has no hands’?

9Woe to the one striving with the One having formed him—a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the one fashioning it, ‘What are you doing? Or ‘Your work has no hands unto it!’?

10Woe to him who says to his father,

‘What have you begotten?’

or to his mother,

‘What have you brought forth?’”

10Woe to the one saying to his father, ‘What are you begetting? Or to a woman, ‘What have you brought forth?”

11Thus says the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:

“Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons,

or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

11Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel, and the One having made him: “Will you ask Me of things to come? About My sons and about the work of My hands, will you command Me?

12It is I who made the earth

and created man upon it.

It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,

and I ordained all their host.

12I have made the earth, and I have created man on it; My hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded!

13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness,

and I will make all his ways straight.

He will rebuild My city

and set My exiles free,

but not for payment or reward,

says the LORD of Hosts.”

13I have stirred him up in righteousness, and all his ways I will make straight; he will build My city, and My captive ones he will send out, not for a price and not for a bribe, says YHWH of Hosts.”

14This is what the LORD says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,

along with the Sabeans, men of stature,

will come over to you

and will be yours;

they will trudge behind you;

they will come over in chains and bow down to you.

They will confess to you:

‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other;

there is no other God.’”

14Thus says YHWH: “The labor of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and of the Sabeans—men of stature—to you they will pass over, and unto you they will be. Behind you they will walk, in chains they will pass by, and to you they will bow down, to you they will plead: ‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other—only God!’”

15Truly You are a God who hides Himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

15Truly You are God, the hidden One, O God of Israel, the One saving!

16They will all be put to shame and humiliated;

the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

16They have been put to shame and also disgraced—all of them; together they will go forth in disgrace, the makers of idols.

17But Israel will be saved by the LORD

with an everlasting salvation;

you will not be put to shame or humiliated,

to ages everlasting.

17Israel has been saved by YHWH, a salvation everlasting! You will not be put to shame and not disgraced, even to ages—everlasting!

18For thus says the LORD,

who created the heavens—He is God;

He formed the earth and fashioned it;

He established it;

He did not create it to be empty,

but formed it to be inhabited:

“I am the LORD,

and there is no other.

18For thus says YHWH, the One creating the heavens—He is God—the One forming the earth and making it—He has established it; not as a void did He create it; to be inhabited He formed it: “I am YHWH, and there is no other.

19I have not spoken in secret,

from a place in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,

‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’

I, the LORD, speak the truth;

I say what is right.

19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the land; I have not said to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain!’ I am YHWH, the One speaking righteousness, declaring uprightness.

20Come, gather together, and draw near,

you fugitives from the nations.

Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood

and pray to a god that cannot save.

20Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, O fugitives of the nations! They do not know it, those carrying the wood of their idol and praying to a god that cannot save.

21Speak up and present your case—

yes, let them take counsel together.

Who foretold this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the LORD?

There is no other God but Me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is none but Me.

21Declare it and approach, even let them take counsel together: Who has reported this from of old, from that time having declared it? Is it not I, YHWH? And there is no other God besides Me, and a righteous God bringing salvation there is none besides Me.

22Turn to Me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth;

for I am God,

and there is no other.

22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

23By Myself I have sworn;

truth has gone out from My mouth,

a word that will not be revoked:

Every knee will bow before Me,

every tongue will swear allegiance.

23By Myself I have sworn, righteousness has gone forth from My mouth, a word that not will turn back; indeed, before Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear.

24Surely they will say of Me,

‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’”

All who rage against Him

will come to Him and be put to shame.

24‘Only in YHWH—of Me He said—are righteousness and strength!’” They will come to Him and will be ashamed, all those raging against Him.

25In the LORD all descendants of Israel

will be justified and will exult.

25In YHWH all the seed of Israel will be justified and will glory.