noyes - Isaiah:45

noyes@Isaiah:45:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, To Cyrus, whom I hold by his right hand, To subdue nations before him, And ungird the loins of kings; To open before him the twoleaved gates, And the doors shall not be shut.

noyes@Isaiah:45:2 @ I will go before thee, And make the high places plain; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron.

noyes@Isaiah:45:3 @ I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayst know that I am Jehovah Who calleth thee by name, the God of Israel.

noyes@Isaiah:45:4 @ For the sake of Jacob, my servant, And Israel, my chosen, I have called thee by thy name; I have spoken to thee as a friend, though thou hast not known me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:5 @ I am Jehovah, and none else; There is no God besides me; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:6 @ That men may know from the rising of the sun, And from the West, that there is none besides me; I am Jehovah, and none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:7 @ I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, Jehovah, do all these things.

noyes@Isaiah:45:8 @ Pour forth, ye heavens, from above; Ye clouds, shower down prosperity! Let the earth open, and bring forth salvation; Yea, let righteousness spring up together! I, Jehovah, create it.

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

noyes@Isaiah:45:10 @ Woe to him that saith to his father, Why dost thou beget? Or to his mother, Why dost thou bring forth?

noyes@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask of me concerning things to come; My children, the work of my hands, leave them to me!

noyes@Isaiah:45:12 @ I made the earth, And created man upon it; My hands spread out the heavens, And all their host did I arrange.

noyes@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised him up for salvation, And I will make all his ways plain; He shall build my city, and release my captives, Not for price, and not for ransom, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Isaiah:45:14 @ Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of the Ethiopians and Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to thee, and be thine; They shall follow thee; in chains shall they pass along; They shall fall down to thee, and make supplication to thee: "In thee alone is God, and there is none else; There is no other God."

noyes@Isaiah:45:15 @ Truly thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the saviour!

noyes@Isaiah:45:16 @ They shall all be ashamed and confounded, They shall go to confusion together, That are makers of idols.

noyes@Isaiah:45:17 @ But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation; Ye shall never be ashamed, nor confounded.

noyes@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus saith Jehovah, who created the heavens; The God that formed the earth and made it; he that made it firm; He created it not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I have not said to the race of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain! I, Jehovah, speak truth; I declare that which is right.

noyes@Isaiah:45:20 @ Assemble yourselves and come; Gather yourselves together, ye that are escaped of the nations! They are without understanding, who carry about with them the wood of their graven image, And pray to a god that cannot save.

noyes@Isaiah:45:21 @ Proclaim ye, and bring them near, And let them take counsel together: Who hath made this known from ancient time? Who hath declared it of old? Is it not I, Jehovah, besides whom there is no God? A God that uttereth truth, and giveth salvation; there is none besides me.

noyes@Isaiah:45:22 @ Look to me, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is none else.

noyes@Isaiah:45:23 @ By myself have I sworn, The truth hath gone from my mouth, The word, that shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, That to me every tongue shall swear.

noyes@Isaiah:45:24 @ "Only in Jehovah," shall men say, "Is salvation and strength; To him shall come and be put to shame, All that are incensed against him."

noyes@Isaiah:45:25 @ Through Jehovah shall all the race of Israel be delivered, And in him shall they glory.