Isaiah:45

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* Thus saith the LORD 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 gates ; and the gates shall not be shut ; * I will go before thee , and make # the crooked places straight (8675 ): I will break in pieces the gates of brass , and cut in sunder 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 , the LORD , which call thee by thy name , am the God of Israel Yisra #el #. * For Jacob my servants sake , and Israel mine 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 none else , there is no God beside me : I girded thee , though thou hast not known me : * That they may know from the rising of the sun , and from the west ma #arab #, that there is none beside 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 do all these things . * Drop down , ye heavens , from above ma #al #, 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 . * Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker ! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth . Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it , What makest thou ? or thy work po #al #, He hath no hands ? * Woe unto him that saith unto his father , What begettest thou ? or to the woman , What hast thou brought forth ? * Thus saith the LORD , the Holy One of Israel Yisra #el #, and his Maker , Ask me of things to come concerning my sons , and concerning the work of my hands command ye me . * I have made the earth , and created man upon it : I , even my hands , have stretched out the heavens , and all their host have I commanded . * 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 . * Thus saith the LORD , The labour of Egypt , and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans C @ba #iy #, 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 none else , there is no God . * Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself , O God of Israel Yisra #el #, the Saviour . * They shall be ashamed , and also confounded , all of them : they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols . * But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation t @shuw #ah #: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end . * 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 am the LORD ; 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 Ya #aqob #, Seek ye me in vain : I the LORD speak righteousness , I declare things that are right . * Assemble yourselves and come ; draw near together , ye that are escaped of the nations : they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image , and pray unto a god that cannot save . * Tell ye , and bring them near ; yea , let them take counsel together : who hath declared this from ancient time ? who hath told it from that time ? have not I the LORD ? and there is no God else beside me ; a just God and a Saviour ; there is none beside 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 . * Surely , shall one say , in the LORD have I righteousness and strength : even to him shall men come ; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed . * In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified , and shall glory .

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