Isaiah 45

¹Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

¹Thus says the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

²I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and will burst iron bars.

²I will go before you, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and burst iron bars.

³And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, I will open to thee hidden, unseen [treasures], that thou mayest know that I, the Lord thy God, that call thee by name, am the God of Israel.

³And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.

⁴For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.

⁴For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I will call you by your name, and accept you: but you have not known me.

⁵For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened thee, and thou hast not known me.

⁵For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened you, and you have not known me.

⁶That they that [come] from the east and they that [come] from the west may know that there is no God but me. I am the Lord God, and there is none beside.

⁷I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.

⁸Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.

⁸Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created you.

⁹What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the ploughman plough the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?

⁹What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What are you doing that you do not work, nor have hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?

¹⁰As though one should say to [his] father, What wilt thou beget me? and to his mother, What art thou bringing forth?

¹⁰As though one should say to [his] father, What will you beget me? and to his mother, What are you bringing forth?

¹¹For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me.

¹¹For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me.

¹²I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.

¹³I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, saith the Lord of hosts.

¹³I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, says the Lord of hosts.

¹⁴Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured [for thee]; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no God beside thee, [O Lord].

¹⁴Thus says the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured [for you]; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, and shall be your servants; and they shall follow after you bound in fetters, and shall pass over to you, and shall do obeisance to you, and make supplication to you: because God is in you; and there is no God beside you, [O Lord].

¹⁵For thou art God, yet we knew [it] not, the God of Israel, the Saviour.

¹⁵For you are God, yet we knew [it] not, the God of Israel, the Saviour.

¹⁶All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: ye isles, keep a feast to me.

¹⁶All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: you⌃ isles, keep a feast to me.

¹⁷Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore.

¹⁸Thus saith the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside.

¹⁸Thus says the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside.

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth.

²⁰Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, ye that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save.

²⁰Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, you⌃ that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save.

²¹If they will declare, let them draw nigh, that they may know together, who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just [God] and a Saviour; there is none but me.

²¹If they will declare, let them draw near, that they may know together, who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just [God] and a Saviour; there is none but me.

²²Turn ye to me, and ye shall be saved, ye that [come] from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other.

²²Turn you⌃ to me, and you⌃ shall be saved, you⌃ that [come] from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other.

²³By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God,

²⁴saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed.

²⁵By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851)

Septuagint (LXX2012)