Isaiah:45

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* Thus saith the LORD to his Messiah , to Cyrus , whom I have taken by his right hand to subdue Gentiles before him and to loose the loins of kings . To open before him the [two-leaved ] gates ; and the gates shall not be shut : * I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut in sunder the bars of iron : * And I will give thee the hidden treasures and the well guarded secrets that thou may know that I [am ] the LORD , the God of Israel , who gives [thee ] thy name . * For Jacob my servant 's sake and Israel my elect , I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee , though thou hast not known me . * I am the LORD , and [there is ] no one else ; [there is ] no God beside me ; I shall gird thee , though thou hast not known me * that it may be known from the rising of the sun and from where it goes down that [there is ] no one beside me . I [am ] the LORD , and [there is ] no one else . * I form the light and create darkness ; I make peace and create evil : I [am ] the LORD that does all this . * Release , ye heavens , from above , and the clouds shall pour down righteousness ; let the earth open [up ], and let salvation and righteousness bear their fruit ; let them produce [fruit ] together ; I the LORD have created it . * Woe unto him that strives with his Maker ! [Let ] the potsherd [strive ] with the potsherds of the earth . Shall the clay say to him that fashions it , What doth thou make ; thy work [has ] no form ? * Woe unto him that says unto [his ] father , Why dost thou beget ? or to the woman , Why hast thou brought forth ? * Thus saith the LORD , the Holy One of Israel , and his Maker , Ask me of things to come ; inquire of me concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands . * I have made the earth , and created man upon it , I , [even ] my hands , have stretched out the heavens and I have commanded all their host . * I have awakened him in righteousness , and I will make straight all his ways ; he shall build my city , and he shall loose my captives , not for price nor for bribes , saith the LORD of the hosts . * Thus saith the LORD , The labour of Egypt , and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans , men of stature , shall come over unto thee , and they shall be thine : they shall come after thee ; in chains they shall come over , and they shall fall down unto thee ; they shall make supplication unto thee , [saying ], Surely God [is ] in thee ; and [there is ] no one else ; [there is ] none [other ] beside God . * Verily thou [art ] God , that thou [might ] hide thyself ; God of Israel , who saves . * They shall be ashamed and also confounded , all of them ; all the makers of idols shall go forth ashamed . * Israel is saved in the LORD , eternal salvation ; ye shall never be ashamed nor confounded through all ages . * For thus has the LORD said that creates the heavens ; God himself that forms the earth , he who made it and established it . He did not create it in vain ; he created it to be inhabited ; I [am ] the LORD ; and [there ] is no one else . * I have not spoken in secret in [a ] dark place of the earth . Not without substance did I say unto the seed of Jacob , Seek ye me ; I [am ] the LORD who speaks righteousness , who declares things that are right . * Assemble yourselves and come ; draw near together , all ye [that are ] escaped of the Gentiles . They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image and pray unto the god [that ] does not save . * Tell ye , and bring [them ] near ; [yea ], let them take counsel together ; who caused this to be heard from the beginning and has declared it from that time , except me , the LORD ? and [there is ] no God beside me ; a just God and a Saviour ; [there is ] no one besides me . * Look unto me , and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth ; for I [am ] God , and [there is ] no one 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 . * And unto me he shall say , Surely in the LORD [is ] the righteousness and the strength ; until he shall come ; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed . * In the LORD shall all the generation of Israel be justified and shall glory .:

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