Isa 45
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Thus says YHWH 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 the doors before
him, and the gates shall not be shut:
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I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the
doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
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and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,
that you may know that it is I, YHWH, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
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For Jacob my servant`s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name:
I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
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I am YHWH, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird you, though
you have not known me;
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that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none
besides me: I am YHWH, and there is none else.
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I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am YHWH, that
does all these things.
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Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the
earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring
up together; I, YHWH, have created it.
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Woe to him whom strives with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him whom fashions it, What make you? or your work, He has no
hands?
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Woe to him whom says to a father, What engender you? or to a woman, With what travail
you?
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Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are
to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command you me.
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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.
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I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall
build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says
YHWH of hosts.
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Thus says YHWH, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans,
men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall go after
you, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you, they shall make
supplication to you, [saying], Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there
is no God.
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Truly you are a God that hide yourself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion
together that are makers of idols.
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[But] Israel shall be saved by YHWH with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be
put to shame nor confounded world without end.
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For thus says YHWH that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made
it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited:
I am YHWH; and there is none else.
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I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not to the
seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I, YHWH, speak righteousness, I declare things
that are right.
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Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped of the nations:
they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god
that cannot save.
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Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who has showed
this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? have not I, YHWH? and there is
no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
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Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is
none else.
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By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and
shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
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Only in YHWH, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men
come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
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In YHWH shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.