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# Chapter 45
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1 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
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To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
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To subdue nations before him
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And loose the armor of kings,
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To open before him the double doors,
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So that the gates will not be shut:
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2 ‘I will go before you
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And make the crooked places straight;
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I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
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And cut the bars of iron.
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3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
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And hidden riches of secret places,
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That you may know that I, the Lord,
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Who call you by your name,
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Am the God of Israel.
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4 For Jacob My servant’s sake,
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And Israel My elect,
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I have even called you by your name;
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I have named you, though you have not known Me.
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5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
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There is no God besides Me.
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I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
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6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
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That there is none besides Me.
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I am the Lord, and there is no other;
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7 I form the light and create darkness,
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I make peace and create calamity;
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I, the Lord, do all these things.’
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8 “Rain down, you heavens, from above,
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And let the skies pour down righteousness;
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Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
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And let righteousness spring up together.
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I, the Lord, have created it.
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9 “Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
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Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
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Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
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Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
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10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
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Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
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11 Thus says the Lord,
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The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
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“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;
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And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
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12 I have made the earth,
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And created man on it.
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I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
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And all their host I have commanded.
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13 I have raised him up in righteousness,
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And I will direct all his ways;
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He shall build My city
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And let My exiles go free,
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Not for price nor reward,”
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Says the Lord of hosts.
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14 Thus says the Lord:
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“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
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And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
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Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
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They shall walk behind you,
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They shall come over in chains;
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And they shall bow down to you.
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They will make supplication to you, saying, ‘Surely God is in you,
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And there is no other;
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There is no other God.’ ”
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15 Truly You are God, who hide Yourself,
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O God of Israel, the Savior!
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16 They shall be ashamed
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And also disgraced, all of them;
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They shall go in confusion together,
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Who are makers of idols.
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17 But Israel shall be saved by the Lord
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With an everlasting salvation;
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You shall not be ashamed or disgraced
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Forever and ever.
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18 For thus says the Lord,
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Who created the heavens,
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Who is God,
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Who formed the earth and made it,
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Who has established it,
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Who did not create it in vain,
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Who formed it to be inhabited:
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“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
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19 I have not spoken in secret,
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In a dark place of the earth;
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I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
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‘Seek Me in vain’;
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I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
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I declare things that are right.
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20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
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Draw near together,
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You who have escaped from the nations.
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They have no knowledge,
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Who carry the wood of their carved image,
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And pray to a god that cannot save.
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21 Tell and bring forth your case;
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Yes, let them take counsel together.
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Who has declared this from ancient time?
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Who has told it from that time?
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Have not I, the Lord?
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And there is no other God besides Me,
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A just God and a Savior;
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There is none besides Me.
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22 “Look to Me, and be saved,
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All you ends of the earth!
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For I am God, and there is no other.
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23 I have sworn by Myself;
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The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
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And shall not return,
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That to Me every knee shall bow,
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Every tongue shall take an oath.
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24 He shall say,
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‘Surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength.
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To Him men shall come,
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And all shall be ashamed
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Who are incensed against Him.
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25 In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
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Shall be justified, and shall glory.’ ” |