Noyes - Isaiah - 45

45:1  Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, To Cyrus, whom I hold by his right hand, To subdue nations before him, And ungird the loins of kings; To open before him the two-leaved gates, And the doors shall not be shut.

45:2  I will go before thee, And make the high places plain; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron.

45:3  I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayst know that I am Jehovah Who calleth thee by name, the God of Israel.

45:4  For the sake of Jacob, my servant, And Israel, my chosen, I have called thee by thy name; I have spoken to thee as a friend, though thou hast not known me.

45:5  I am Jehovah, and none else; There is no God besides me; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

45:6  That men may know from the rising of the sun, And from the West, that there is none besides me; I am Jehovah, and none else.

45:7  I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, Jehovah, do all these things.

45:8  Pour forth, ye heavens, from above; Ye clouds, shower down prosperity! Let the earth open, and bring forth salvation; Yea, let righteousness spring up together! I, Jehovah, create it.

45:9  Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! A potsherd of the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work say of thee, He hath no hands?

45:10  Woe to him that saith to his father, Why dost thou beget? Or to his mother, Why dost thou bring forth?

45:11  Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask of me concerning things to come; My children, the work of my hands, leave them to me!

45:12  I made the earth, And created man upon it; My hands spread out the heavens, And all their host did I arrange.

45:13  I have raised him up for salvation, And I will make all his ways plain; He shall build my city, and release my captives, Not for price, and not for ransom, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

45:14  Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of the Ethiopians and Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to thee, and be thine; They shall follow thee; in chains shall they pass along; They shall fall down to thee, and make supplication to thee: "In thee alone is God, and there is none else; There is no other God."

45:15  Truly thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the saviour!

45:16  They shall all be ashamed and confounded, They shall go to confusion together, That are makers of idols.

45:17  But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation; Ye shall never be ashamed, nor confounded.

45:18  For thus saith Jehovah, who created the heavens; The God that formed the earth and made it; he that made it firm; He created it not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and none else.

45:19  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I have not said to the race of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain! I, Jehovah, speak truth; I declare that which is right.

45:20  Assemble yourselves and come; Gather yourselves together, ye that are escaped of the nations! They are without understanding, who carry about with them the wood of their graven image, And pray to a god that cannot save.

45:21  Proclaim ye, and bring them near, And let them take counsel together: Who hath made this known from ancient time? Who hath declared it of old? Is it not I, Jehovah, besides whom there is no God? A God that uttereth truth, and giveth salvation; there is none besides me.

45:22  Look to me, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is none else.

45:23  By myself have I sworn, The truth hath gone from my mouth, The word, that shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, That to me every tongue shall swear.

45:24  "Only in Jehovah," shall men say, "Is salvation and strength; To him shall come and be put to shame, All that are incensed against him."

45:25  Through Jehovah shall all the race of Israel be delivered, And in him shall they glory.