45:1  Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not shut:

45:2  "I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

45:3  "I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that I exist, The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

45:4  "For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me.

45:5  "I proclaim myself the LORD, and there exists no other; Besides Me no one can find God I will gird you, though you have not known Me;

45:6  That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That no one exists besides Me. I proclaim myself the LORD, and no other exists,

45:7  The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I proclaim myself the LORD who does all these.

45:8  " Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.

45:9  "Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What have you done?' Or the thing you make say, 'He has no hands'?

45:10  "Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you begot?' Or to a woman, 'To whom have you given birth?'"

45:11  Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: " Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.

45:12  " I made the earth, and created man upon it I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host.

45:13  "I have aroused him in righteousness And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of hosts.

45:14  Thus says the LORD, "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will come over to you and will become yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains And will bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: 'Surely, God accompanies you, and no else exists, No other God.'"

45:15  Truly, I acknowledge You as a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!

45:16  They will fall into shame and even humiliation, all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

45:17  Israel has receives salvation from the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You will not suffer shame or humiliation To all eternity.

45:18  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it so people could inhabit it), "I proclaim Myself the LORD, and no one else exists.

45:19  " I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ' Seek Me in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that I know as upright.

45:20  " Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save.

45:21  " Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Have I not declared them, the LORD? And no other God exists besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; No other God exists except Me.

45:22  " Turn to Me and receive salvation, all the ends of the earth; For I proclaim Myself as God, and no other god can compare to Me.

45:23  " I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

45:24  "They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD do we find righteousness and strength ' Men will come to Him, And all who felt angry at Him will suffer shame.

45:25  "In the LORD all the offspring of Israel Will receive justification and glory."