Isaiah:45

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* Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus , whose right hand I have taken hold of , to subdue nations before his face , and to turn the backs of kings , and to open the doors before him , and the gates shall not be shut . * I will go before thee , and will humble the great ones of the earth : I will break in pieces the gates of brass , and will burst the bars of iron . * And I will give thee hidden treasures , and the concealed riches of secret places : that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name , the God of Israel . * For the sake of my servant Jacob , and Israel my elect , I have even called thee by thy name : I have made a likeness of thee , and thou hast not known me . * I am the Lord , and there is none else : there is no God , besides me : I girded thee , and thou hast not known me : * That they may know who are from the rising of the sun , and they who are from the west , that there is none besides me . I am the Lord , and there is none else : * I form the light , and create darkness , I make peace , and create evil : I the Lord that do all these things . * Drop down dew , ye heavens , from above , and let the clouds rain the just : let the earth be opened , and bud forth a saviour : and let justice spring up together : I the Lord have created him . * Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker , a sherd of the earthen pots : shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it : What art thou making , and thy work is without hands ? * Woe to him that saith to his father : Why begettest thou ? and to the woman : Why dost thou bring forth ? * Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel , his maker : Ask me of things to come , concerning my children , and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me . * I made the earth : and I created man upon it : my hand stretched forth the heavens , and I have commanded all their host . * I have raised him up to justice , and I will direct all his ways : he shall build my city , and let go my captives , not for ransom , nor for presents , saith the Lord the God of hosts . * Thus saith the Lord : The labour of Egypt , and the merchandise of Ethiopia , and of Sabaim , men of stature shall come over to thee , and shall be thins : they shall walk after thee , they shall go bound with manacles : and they shall worship thee , and shall make supplication to thee : only in thee is God , and there is no God besides thee . * Verily thou art a hidden God , the God of Israel the saviour . * They are all confounded and ashamed : the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion . * Israel is saved in the Lord with as eternal salvation : you shall not be con - founded , and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever . * For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens , God himself that formed the earth , and made it , the very maker thereof : he did not create it in vain : he formed it to be inhabited . I am the Lord , and there is no other . * I have not spoken in secret , in a dark place of the earth : I have not said to the seed of Jacob : Seek me in vain . I am the Lord that speak justice , that declare right things . * Assemble yourselves , and come , and draw near together , ye that are saved of the Gentiles : they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work , and pray to a god that cannot save . * Tell ye , and come , and consult together : who hath declared this from the beginning , who hath foretold this from that time ? Have not I the Lord , and there is no God else besides me ? A just God and a saviour , there is none besides me . * Be converted to me , and you shall be saved , all ye ends of the earth : for I am God , and there is no other . * I have sworn by myself , the word of justice shall go out of my mouth , and shall not return : * For every knee shall be bowed to me , and every tongue shall swear . * Therefore shall he say : In the Lord are my justices and empire : they shall come to him , and all that resist him shall be confounded . * In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised .

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