Isaiah:45

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ylt @Isaiah:45:1 @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 : ylt @Isaiah:45:2 @'I go before thee , and crooked places make straight , Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver , And bars of iron I cut asunder , ylt @Isaiah:45:3 @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 -- [am ] the God of Israel . ylt @Isaiah:45:4 @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 . ylt @Isaiah:45:5 @I [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else , Except Me there is no God , I gird thee , and thou hast not known Me . ylt @Isaiah:45:6 @So that they know from the rising of the sun , And from the west , that there is none besides Me , I [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else , ylt @Isaiah:45:7 @Forming light , and preparing darkness , Making peace , and preparing evil , I [am ] Jehovah , doing all these things .' ylt @Isaiah:45:8 @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 . ylt @Isaiah:45:9 @Wo [to ] 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 ?' ylt @Isaiah:45:10 @Wo [to ] him who is saying to a father , 'What dost thou beget ?' Or to a wife , 'What dost thou bring forth ? ylt @Isaiah:45:11 @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 .' ylt @Isaiah:45:12 @I made earth , and man on it prepared , I -- My hands stretched out the heavens , And all their host I have commanded . ylt @Isaiah:45:13 @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 . ylt @Isaiah:45:14 @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 [is ] God , And there is none else , no [other ] God . ylt @Isaiah:45:15 @Surely Thou [art ] a God hiding Thyself , God of Israel -- Saviour ! ylt @Isaiah:45:16 @They have been ashamed , And they have even blushed -- all of them , Together gone in confusion have those carving images . ylt @Isaiah:45:17 @Israel hath been saved in Jehovah , A salvation age-during ! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity ! ylt @Isaiah:45:18 @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 [am ] Jehovah , and there is none else . ylt @Isaiah:45:19 @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 [am ] Jehovah , speaking righteousness , Declaring uprightness . ylt @Isaiah:45:20 @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 [that ] saveth not . ylt @Isaiah:45:21 @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 . ylt @Isaiah:45:22 @Turn to Me , and be saved , all ends of the earth , For I [am ] God , and there is none else . ylt @Isaiah:45:23 @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 . ylt @Isaiah:45:24 @Only in Jehovah , said hath one , Have I righteousness and strength , Unto Him he cometh in , And ashamed are all those displeased with Him . ylt @Isaiah:45:25 @In Jehovah are all the seed of Israel justified , And they boast themselves .'

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