[1] Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
held, 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: [2] 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; [3] and I will give you
the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may
know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of
Israel. [4] 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.
[5] I am Yahweh, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will
gird you, though you have not known me; [6] that they may know from the
rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am
Yahweh, and there is no one else. [7] I form the light, and create
darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Yahweh, who does all these
things. [8] 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, Yahweh, have created
it. [9] Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a potsherd among the
potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are
you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?" [10] Woe to him who says to a
father, "What have you become the father of?" or to a woman, "With what do
you travail?" [11] Thus says Yahweh, 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. [12] I have made the earth, and
created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and
all their host have I commanded. [13] 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
Yahweh of Hosts. [14] Thus says Yahweh: "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: `Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there
is no other god. [15] Most assuredly you are a God who hid yourself, God of
Israel, the Savior.` " [16] They shall be put to shame, yes,
confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together who are
makers of idols. [17] [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an
everlasting salvation: you shall not be put to shame nor confounded world
without end. [18] For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who
formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn`t create it a
waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one
else. [19] I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness;
I didn`t say to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I, Yahweh, speak
righteousness, I declare things that are right. [20] Assemble yourselves
and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they
have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a
god that can`t save. [21] Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them
take counsel together: who has showed this from ancient time? who has
declared it of old? Haven`t I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me,
a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. [22] Look to me, and
be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none
else. [23] 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. [24] Only in Yahweh, it is said of me, is
righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who
were incensed against him shall be put to shame. [25] In Yahweh shall all
the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
