rwbs - Isaiah:45-46

rwbs@Isaiah:45:1 @ Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; (note:)have…: or, strengthened(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:45:2 @ I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder the bars of iron:

rwbs@Isaiah:45:3 @ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, who call by thy name, the God of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:4 @ 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.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:5 @ I the LORD, and none else, no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

rwbs@Isaiah:45:6 @ That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that none besides me. I the LORD, and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:7 @ I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:8 @ Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:9 @ Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

rwbs@Isaiah:45:10 @ Woe to him that saith to father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

rwbs@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:12 @ I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. (note:)direct: or, make straight(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:45:14 @ Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to thee, they shall make supplication to thee,, Surely God in thee; and none else, no God.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:15 @ Verily thou a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:16 @ They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together makers of idols.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:17 @ Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I the LORD; and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:20 @ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god cannot save.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:21 @ Tell ye, and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? hath told it from that time? not I the LORD? and no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour; none besides me.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:22 @ Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I God, and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:23 @ I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:24 @ Surely, shall say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: to him shall come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (note:)Surely…: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength(:note)righteousness: Hebrews. righteousnesses

rwbs@Isaiah:45:25 @ In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:1 @ Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages heavily loaded; a burden to the weary.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:2 @ They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity. (note:)themselves: Hebrews. their soul(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne from birth, who are carried from the womb:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:4 @ And to old age I he; and to gray hairs will I carry: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:5 @ To whom will ye liken me, and make equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

rwbs@Isaiah:46:6 @ They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:7 @ They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not move: yea, shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:8 @ Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring again to mind, O ye transgressors.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:9 @ Remember the former things of old: for I God, and none else; God, and none like me,

rwbs@Isaiah:46:10 @ Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times that are not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:11 @ Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also perform it. (note:)that…: Hebrews. of my counsel(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:12 @ Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that far from righteousness:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:13 @ I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:1 @ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.