Isaiah:45

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* Thus 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 : * 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 ; * and 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 , [am ] the God of Israel . * For 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 ; * I [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else ; there is no God beside me : I girded thee , and thou hast not known me ; * -- that they may know from the rising of the sun , and from the going down , that there is none beside me . I [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else ; * forming the light and creating darkness , making peace and creating evil : I , Jehovah , do all these things . * Drop down , [ye ] 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 . * Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker ! Let a potsherd [strive ] 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 ? * Woe unto him that saith unto [his ] father , What begettest thou ? Or to [his ] mother , What hast thou brought forth ? * Thus 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 . * It 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 . * It 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 . * Thus 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 , [saying ,] Surely �God is in thee ; and there is none else , no other God .... * Verily thou art a �God that hidest thyself , O God of Israel , the Saviour .... * They shall be ashamed , and also confounded , all of them ; they shall go away in confusion together , the makers of idols . * Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation : ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded , unto the ages of ages . * For 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 [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else . * 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 [am ] Jehovah , speaking righteousness , declaring things which are right . * Gather 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 . * Declare and bring [them ] near ; yea , let them take counsel together : who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time ? [who ] 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 . * Look unto me , and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth : for I [am ] �God , and there is none else . * 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 . * Only in Jehovah , shall one say , have I righteousness and strength . To him shall [men ] come ; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed . * In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified , and shall glory .

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