1 T hus says the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him, and I will unarm and ungird the loins of kings to open doors before him, so that gates will not be shut.

Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

2 I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron.

`I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

3 A nd I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by your name.

And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name -- the God of Israel.

4 F or the sake of Jacob My servant, and of Israel My chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known Me.

For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

5 I am the Lord, and there is no one else; there is no God besides Me. I will gird and arm you, though you have not known Me,

I Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.

6 T hat men may know from the east and the rising of the sun and from the west and the setting of the sun that there is no God besides Me. I am the Lord, and no one else.

So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I Jehovah, and there is none else,

7 I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and I create evil (calamity); I am the Lord, Who does all these things.

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I Jehovah, doing all these things.'

8 L et fall in showers, you heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them sprout forth salvation, and let righteousness germinate and spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.

9 W oe to him who strives with his Maker!—a worthless piece of broken pottery among other pieces equally worthless! Shall the clay say to him who fashions it, What do you think you are making? or, Your work has no handles?

Wo him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'

10 W oe to him who says to a father, What are you begetting? or to a woman, With what are you in travail?

Wo him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth?

11 T hus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Would you question Me about things to come concerning My children, and concerning the work of My hands command Me?

Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'

12 I made the earth and created man upon it. I, with My hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.

I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.

13 I will raise up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways; he will build My city, and he will let My captives go, not for hire or for a bribe, says the Lord of hosts.

I have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out, Not for price, nor for bribe, said Jehovah of Hosts.

14 T hus says the Lord: The labor and wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and they shall be yours; they shall follow you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down before you; they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is with you, and there is no other, no God besides Him.

Thus said Jehovah, `The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee God, And there is none else, no God.

15 T ruly You are a God Who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Surely Thou a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel -- Saviour!

16 T hey shall be put to shame, yes, confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go off into confusion together.

They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.

17 B ut Israel shall be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.

Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!

18 F or thus says the Lord—Who created the heavens, God Himself, Who formed the earth and made it, Who established it and did not create it to be a worthless waste; He formed it to be inhabited—I am the Lord, and there is no one else.

For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I Jehovah, and there is none else.

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a corner of the land of darkness; I did not call the descendants of Jacob, saying, Seek Me for nothing. I, the Lord, speak righteousness (the truth—trustworthy, straightforward correspondence between deeds and words); I declare things that are right.

Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.

20 A ssemble 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.

Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god saveth not.

21 D eclare and bring forward your strong arguments; yes, take counsel together. Who announced this beforehand (long ago)? declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, a rigidly and uncompromisingly just and righteous God and Savior; there is none besides Me.

Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.

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

Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I God, and there is none else.

23 I have sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

24 O nly in the Lord shall one say, I have righteousness (salvation and victory) and strength. To Him shall all come who were incensed against Him, and they shall be ashamed.

Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.

25 I n the Lord shall all the offspring of Israel be justified (enjoy righteousness, salvation, and victory) and shall glory.

In Jehovah are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves.'