Dual Panel1Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> to his anointed <04899>_, to Cyrus <03566>_, whose right hand <03225> I have holden <02388> (8689)_, to subdue <07286> (8800) nations <01471> before <06440> him; and I will loose <06605> (8762) the loins <04975> of kings <04428>_, to open <06605> (8800) before <06440> him the two leaved gates <01817>_; and the gates <08179> shall not be shut <05462> (8735)_; {have...: or, strengthened}
2I will go <03212> (8799) before <06440> thee, and make <03474> (0) the crooked places <01921> (8803) straight <03474> (8762) (8675) <03474> (8686)_: I will break in pieces <07665> (8762) the gates <01817> of brass <05154>_, and cut in sunder <01438> (8762) the bars <01280> of iron <01270>_:
3And I will give <05414> (8804) thee the treasures <0214> of darkness <02822>_, and hidden riches <04301> of secret places <04565>_, that thou mayest know <03045> (8799) that I, the LORD <03068>_, which call <07121> (8802) [thee] by thy name <08034>_, [am] the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
4For Jacob <03290> my servant's <05650> sake, and Israel <03478> mine elect <0972>_, I have even called <07121> (8799) thee by thy name <08034>_: I have surnamed <03655> (8762) thee, though thou hast not known <03045> (8804) me.
5I [am] the LORD <03068>_, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God <0430> beside <02108> me: I girded <0247> (8762) thee, though thou hast not known <03045> (8804) me:
6That they may know <03045> (8799) from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121>_, and from the west <04628>_, that [there is] none <0657> beside <01107> me. I [am] the LORD <03068>_, and [there is] none else.
7I form <03335> (8802) the light <0216>_, and create <01254> (8802) darkness <02822>_: I make <06213> (8802) peace <07965>_, and create <01254> (8802) evil <07451>_: I the LORD <03068> do <06213> (8802) all these [things].
8Drop down <07491> (8685)_, ye heavens <08064>_, from above <04605>_, and let the skies <07834> pour down <05140> (8799) righteousness <06664>_: let the earth <0776> open <06605> (8799)_, and let them bring forth <06509> (8799) salvation <03468>_, and let righteousness <06666> spring up <06779> (8686) together <03162>_; I the LORD <03068> have created <01254> (8804) it.
9Woe <01945> unto him that striveth <07378> (8801) with his Maker <03335> (8802)_! [Let] the potsherd <02789> [strive] with the potsherds <02789> of the earth <0127>_. Shall the clay <02563> say <0559> (8799) to him that fashioneth <03335> (8802) it, What makest <06213> (8799) thou? or thy work <06467>_, He hath no hands <03027>_?
10Woe <01945> unto him that saith <0559> (8802) unto [his] father <01>_, What begettest <03205> (8686) thou? or to the woman <0802>_, What hast thou brought forth <02342> (8799)_?
11Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_, and his Maker <03335> (8802)_, Ask <07592> (8798) me of things to come <0857> (8802) concerning my sons <01121>_, and concerning the work <06467> of my hands <03027> command <06680> (8762) ye me.
12I have made <06213> (8804) the earth <0776>_, and created <01254> (8804) man <0120> upon it: I, [even] my hands <03027>_, have stretched out <05186> (8804) the heavens <08064>_, and all their host <06635> have I commanded <06680> (8765)_.
13I have raised him up <05782> (8689) in righteousness <06664>_, and I will direct <03474> (8762) all his ways <01870>_: he shall build <01129> (8799) my city <05892>_, and he shall let go <07971> (8762) my captives <01546>_, not for price <04242> nor reward <07810>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {direct: or, make straight}
14Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, The labour <03018> of Egypt <04714>_, and merchandise <05505> of Ethiopia <03568> and of the Sabeans <05436>_, men <0582> of stature <04060>_, shall come over <05674> (8799) unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come <03212> (8799) after <0310> thee; in chains <02131> they shall come over <05674> (8799)_, and they shall fall down <07812> (8691) unto thee, they shall make supplication <06419> (8691) unto thee, [saying], Surely God <0410> [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no <0657> God <0430>_.
15Verily <0403> thou [art] a God <0410> that hidest <05641> (8693) thyself, O God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, the Saviour <03467> (8688)_.
16They shall be ashamed <0954> (8804)_, and also confounded <03637> (8738)_, all of them: they shall go <01980> (8804) to confusion <03639> together <03162> [that are] makers <02796> of idols <06736>_.
17[But] Israel <03478> shall be saved <03467> (8738) in the LORD <03068> with an everlasting <05769> salvation <08668>_: ye shall not be ashamed <0954> (8799) nor confounded <03637> (8735) world <05769> without end <05703>_.
18For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> that created <01254> (8802) the heavens <08064>_; God <0430> himself that formed <03335> (8802) the earth <0776> and made <06213> (8802) it; he hath established <03559> (8790) it, he created <01254> (8804) it not in vain <08414>_, he formed <03335> (8804) it to be inhabited <03427> (8800)_: I [am] the LORD <03068>_; and [there is] none else.
19I have not spoken <01696> (8765) in secret <05643>_, in a dark <02822> place <04725> of the earth <0776>_: I said <0559> (8804) not unto the seed <02233> of Jacob <03290>_, Seek <01245> (8761) ye me in vain <08414>_: I the LORD <03068> speak <01696> (8802) righteousness <06664>_, I declare <05046> (8688) things that are right <04339>_.
20Assemble <06908> (8734) yourselves and come <0935> (8798)_; draw near <05066> (8690) together <03162>_, ye [that are] escaped <06412> of the nations <01471>_: they have no knowledge <03045> (8804) that set up <05375> (8802) the wood <06086> of their graven image <06459>_, and pray <06419> (8693) unto a god <0410> [that] cannot save <03467> (8686)_.
21Tell <05046> (8685) ye, and bring [them] near <05066> (8685)_; yea, let them take counsel <03289> (8735) together <03162>_: who hath declared <08085> (8689) this from ancient time <06924>_? [who] hath told <05046> (8689) it from that time? [have] not I the LORD <03068>_? and [there is] no God <0430> else beside <01107> me; a just <06662> God <0410> and a Saviour <03467> (8688)_; [there is] none <0369> beside <02108> me.
22Look <06437> (8798) unto me, and be ye saved <03467> (8734)_, all the ends <0657> of the earth <0776>_: for I [am] God <0410>_, and [there is] none else.
23I have sworn <07650> (8738) by myself, the word <01697> is gone out <03318> (8804) of my mouth <06310> [in] righteousness <06666>_, and shall not return <07725> (8799)_, That unto me every knee <01290> shall bow <03766> (8799)_, every tongue <03956> shall swear <07650> (8735)_.
24Surely, shall [one] say <0559> (8804)_, in the LORD <03068> have I righteousness <06666> and strength <05797>_: [even] to him shall [men] come <0935> (8799)_; and all that are incensed <02734> (8737) against him shall be ashamed <0954> (8799)_. {Surely...: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength} {righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses}
25In the LORD <03068> shall all the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> be justified <06663> (8799)_, and shall glory <01984> (8691)_.