LEB - Isaiah - 45

45:1  Thus says Yahweh to his anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subjugate nations before him, and I uncover the loins of kings to open doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

45:2  “I myself will go before you, and I will level the ⌞mountains⌟. I will break the doors of bronze and cut throughthe bars of iron.

45:3  And I will give you the treasures of darkness and treasures of secret places so that you may know that I am Yahweh, the one who calls you by your name, the God of Israel,

45:4  for the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one. And I call you by your name; I give you a name of honor, though you do not know me.

45:5  I am Yahweh, and there is none besides me; besides me there is no god. I gird you though you do not know me,

45:6  so that they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none besides me; I am Yahweh and there is none besides me.

45:7  I form light and I create darkness; I make peace and I create evil; I am Yahweh; I do all these things.

45:8  Trickle, O heavens, from above, and let clouds trickle with righteousness; let the earth open so that salvation may be fruitful, and let it cause righteousness to sprout along with it. I myself, Yahweh, have created it.

45:9  Woe to the one who strives with his ⌞maker⌟, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ and ‘Your work has no hands’?

45:10  Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What you are begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’ ”

45:11  Thus says Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, and its ⌞maker⌟: “Ask me of the things to come ⌞about⌟ my children, and you command me about the work of my hands.

45:12  I myself made the earth, and I created humankind upon it. I, my hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.

45:13  I myself have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his paths smooth. He himself shall build my city, and he shall set my exiles free, not for price or a gift,” says Yahweh of hosts.

45:14  Thus says Yahweh: “The acquisition of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, tall men, shall pass over to you; they shall be yours, and they shall walk behind you. They shall pass over in chains, and they shall bow down to you; they will pray to you: ‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other. Besides him there is no God.’ ”

45:15  Surely you are a God who keeps yourself hidden, God of Israel, the savior.

45:16  All of them are ashamed and indeed humiliated; the craftsmen of idols go together in insult.

45:17  Israel is saved by Yahweh with everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed, and you shall not be humiliated ⌞to all eternity⌟.

45:18  For thus says Yahweh, ⌞who created⌟ the heavens, he is God, ⌞who formed⌟ the earth and ⌞who made⌟ it. He himself established it; he did not create it as emptiness— he formed it for inhabiting. “I am Yahweh and there is none besides me.

45:19  I have spoken not in secrecy, in a place, a land, of darkness, I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek me ⌞in vain⌟!’ I, Yahweh, am speaking righteousness, declaring uprightness.

45:20  Assemble and come; draw near together, survivors of the nations! They do not know, those who carry ⌞their wooden idols⌟ and pray to a god who cannot save.

45:21  Declare and present your case, also let them consult together! Who ⌞made this known⌟ from ⌞former times⌟, declared it from ⌞of old⌟? Was it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God besides me, and no savior besides me.

45:22  Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none besides me.

45:23  I have sworn by myself; a word that shall not return has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness: ‘Every knee shall kneel down to me; every tongue shall swear.’

45:24  ‘Only in Yahweh,’ one shall say to me, ‘are righteousness and strength.’ He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.

45:25  In Yahweh all the offspring of Israel shall be in the right, and they shall boast.”