Isa 45 | NASB1995 | STEP | Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed , Whom I have taken by the right hand , To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings ; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut :

Isaiah 45

God Uses Cyrus

1 Thus says the Lord to ^aCyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right ^bhand,
To ^csubdue nations before him
And ^{▼▼ Lit I will loose}to ^eloose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
2 “I will go before you and ^fmake the ^{▼▼ Another reading is mountains}rough places smooth;
I will ^hshatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron ⁱbars.
3 “I will give you the ^{▼▼ Or hoarded treasures
,} ^ktreasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who ^lcalls you by your name.
4 “For the sake of ^mJacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also ⁿcalled you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have ^onot known Me.
5 “I am the Lord, and ^pthere is no other;
^qBesides Me there is no God.
I will ^{▼▼ Or arm
,} ^sgird you, though you have not known Me;
6 That ^{▼▼ Lit they
,} ^umen may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is ^vno one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,
7 The One ^wforming light and ^xcreating darkness,
Causing ^{▼▼ Or peace}well-being and ^zcreating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

God’s Supreme Power

8 ^aa“Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the ^abearth open up and salvation bear fruit,
^acAnd righteousness spring up with it.
I, the Lord, have created it.

9 “Woe to the one who ^adquarrels with his ^{▼▼ Lit Fashioner}Maker—
An earthenware vessel ^{▼▼ Lit with}among the vessels of earth!
Will the ^agclay say to the ^{▼▼ Lit Fashioner}potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 “Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you ^{▼▼ Lit in labor pains with}giving birth?’”

11 Thus says the ^ajLord, the Holy One of Israel, and his ^{▼▼ Lit Fashioner
,} ^alMaker: ^{▼▼ Or Will you ask
,} ^an“Ask Me about the things to come ^{▼▼ Or upon}concerning My ^apsons,
And you shall commit to Me ^aqthe work of My hands.
12 “It is I who ^armade the earth, and created man upon it.
I ^asstretched out the heavens with My hands
And I ^{▼▼ Or commanded}ordained ^auall their host.
13 “I have aroused him in ^avrighteousness
And I will ^awmake all his ways smooth;
He will ^axbuild My city and will let My exiles go ^ayfree,
Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

14 Thus says the Lord, “The ^{▼▼ Lit labor}products of ^baEgypt and the merchandise of ^{▼▼ Or Ethiopia
,} ^bcCush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will ^bdcome over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you, they will come over in ^bechains
And will ^bfbow down to you;
They will make supplication to you:
‘ ^{▼▼ Or God is with you alone}Surely, ^bhGod is ^{▼▼ Or in}with you, and ^bjthere is none else,
No other God.’”
15 Truly, You are a God who ^bkhides Himself,
O God of Israel, ^blSavior!
16 They will be ^bmput to shame and even humiliated, all of them;
The ^bnmanufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
17 Israel has been saved by the Lord
With an ^boeverlasting salvation;
You ^bpwill not be put to shame or humiliated
To all eternity.

18 For thus says the Lord, who ^bqcreated the heavens (He is the God who ^brformed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it ^{▼▼ Or in vain}a ^btwaste place, but formed it to be ^buinhabited), “I am the Lord, and ^bvthere is none else.
19 ^bw“I have not spoken in secret,
In ^{▼▼ Lit a place of a land of darkness}some dark land;
I did not say to the ^{▼▼ Lit seed
,} ^bzoffspring of Jacob,
‘ ^caSeek Me in ^{▼▼ Or vain}a waste place’;
I, the Lord, ^ccspeak righteousness,
^cdDeclaring things that are upright.

20 ^ce“Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
^cfThey have no knowledge,
Who ^cgcarry about ^{▼▼ Lit the wood of their graven image}their wooden idol
And ^cipray to a god who cannot save.
21 ^cj“Declare and set forth your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
^ckWho has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is ^clno other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a ^cmSavior;
There is none except Me.
22 ^cn“Turn to Me and ^cobe saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 ^cp“I have sworn by Myself,
The ^cqword has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me ^crevery knee will bow, every tongue will ^csswear allegiance.
24 “They will say of Me, ‘Only ^ctin the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
Men will come to Him,
And ^cuall who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25 “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be ^cvjustified and will ^cwglory.”