KJ3 Literal Translation
Isaiah 45
Jehovah calls Cyrus for his elect's sake. By His omnipotency he claims obedience. The vanity of the idols shown by His saving power.
1So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have seized by his right hand, to subdue nations before him. Yea, I will open the loins of kings, to open the two leaved doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
2I will go before you and make hills level; I will tear apart the bronze doors, and cut the iron bars in two.
3And I will give you the treasures of darkness, even treasures in secret places, that you may know that I am Jehovah, who calls you by your name, the God of Israel.
4For My servant Jacob's sake, and for Israel My elect, and I call you by your name, I name you, but you do not know Me.
5I am Jehovah, and there is not one besides; there is not one except Me. I will clothe you, though you do not know Me,
6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and to its going down, that not one is God, except Me; I am Jehovah, and no one besides Me,
7forming light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil. I, Jehovah, do all thse things.
8Drop down from above, O heavens; and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I, Jehovah have created it.
9Woe to him who fights with his Former A potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to its former, What are you making? Or does your work say, There are no hands to him?
10Woe to him who says to a father, What are you fathering? Or to the woman, What are you laboring over?
11So says Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Former-, Do you ask Me of the things to come? Do you give command to Me about My sons, and about the work of My hands?
12I have made the earth, and created man on it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands; and I have set all their host in order.
13I raised him up in righteousness, and have made straight all his ways. He shall build My city, and he will release My captives; not for price, and not for reward, says Jehovah of Hosts.
14So says Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the goods of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come to you; and they shall be yours. They shall come after you; they shall cross in chains; and they shall bow to you; they shall plead to you. Surely God is in you, and there is not one besides; no other God.
15Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
16They shall be ashamed, and also disgraced, all of them. Together they go into disgrace, carvers of images.
17Israel is saved in Jehovah with everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed and not disgraced to the forevers of eternity.
18For so says Jehovah, the One creating the heavens; He is God, forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be lived in. I am Jehovah, and there is not one besides.
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I did not say to Jacob's seed, Seek Me in vain. I Jehovah speak righteousness, declaring uprightness.
20Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, fugitives of the nations; the ones who set up the wood of their carved image, and the ones who pray to a god who does not save; they know nothing.
21Declare and bring near; yea, let them consult together. Who has heard this of old; who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is not a god besides, except Me, a just God and a Savior; there is not one except Me.
22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is not one besides.
23I have sworn by Myself, the Word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not turn back, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24He shall say, Only in Jehovah is to Me righteousness and strength; to Him he comes; and they are ashamed, all who are angry with Him.
25In Jehovah all of the seed of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.
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