Presents pamphlet #6445
The Book of
Isaiah
Chapter 45
Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the LORD 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 before him the two leaved
gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places
straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder
the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD,
which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine
elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though
thou hast not known me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there
is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun,
and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there
is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make
peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the
skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth
salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created
it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let
the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say
to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What
begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel,
and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning
the work of my hands command ye me.
12 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.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I
will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my
captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and
merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come
over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in
chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall
make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is
none else, there is no God.
15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O
God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded,
all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an
everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without
end.
18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens;
God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it,
he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD;
and there is none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place
of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I
the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together,
ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up
the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them
take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath
told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside
me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out
of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every
knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness
and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against
him shall be ashamed.
25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be
justified, and shall glory.
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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