1 T hus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him—and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut:

2 I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;

3 a nd I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, the God of Israel.

4 F or Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;

5 I Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;

6 — that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I Jehovah, and there is none else;

7 f orming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

8 D rop down, heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it.

9 W oe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?

10 W oe unto him that saith unto father, What begettest thou? Or to mother, What hast thou brought forth?

11 T hus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

12 I t is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

13 I t is I that have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.

14 T hus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. …

15 V erily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. …

16 T hey shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.

17 I srael shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages.

18 F or thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it,—not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited:—I Jehovah, and there is none else.

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.

20 G ather yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21 D eclare and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.

22 L ook unto me, and be ye saved, all the 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 righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24 O nly in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

25 I n Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.