Dual Panel1This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559> to his chosen one <04899>, to Cyrus <03566>, whose <0834> right hand <03225> I hold <02388> in order to subdue <07286> nations <01471> before <06440> him, and disarm <06605> kings <04428>, to open <06605> doors <01817> before <06440> him, so gates <08179> remain unclosed <05462> <03808>:
2“I <0589> will go <01980> before <06440> you and level <03474> mountains <01921>. Bronze <05154> doors <01817> I will shatter <07665> and iron <01270> bars <01280> I will hack through <01438>.
3I will give <05414> you hidden <02822> treasures <0214>, riches stashed away <04301> in secret places <04565>, so <04616> you may recognize <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, the one who calls <07121> you by name <08034>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
4For the sake <04616> of my servant <05650> Jacob <03290>, Israel <03478>, my chosen one <0972>, I call <07121> you by name <08034> and give you a title of respect <03655>, even though you do not <03808> recognize <03045> me.
5I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, I have no <0369> peer <05750>, there is no <0369> God <0430> but <02108> me. I arm <0247> you for battle, even though you do not <03808> recognize <03045> me.
6I do this so <04616> people will recognize <03045> from east <08121> <04217> to west <04628> that <03588> there is no <0657> God but <01107> me; I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, I have no <0369> peer <05750>.
7I am the one who forms <03335> light <0216> and creates <01254> darkness <02822>; the one who brings <06213> about peace <07965> and creates <01254> calamity <07451>. I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, who accomplishes <06213> all <03605> these <0428> things.
8O sky <08064>, rain down <07491> from above <04605>! Let the clouds <07834> send down showers <05140> of deliverance <06664>! Let the earth <0776> absorb <06605> it so salvation <03468> may grow <06509>, and deliverance <06666> may sprout up <06779> along with <03162> it. I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, create <01254> it.
9One who argues <07378> with his creator <03335> is in grave danger <01945>, one who is like a mere shard <02789> among the other shards <02789> on the ground <0127>! The clay <02563> should not say <0559> to the potter <03335>, “What <04100> in the world are you doing <06213>? Your work <06467> lacks skill <03027> <0369>!”
10Danger awaits <01945> one who says <0559> to his father <01>, “What <04100> in the world are you fathering <03205>?” and to his mother <0802>, “What <04100> in the world are you bringing forth <02342>?”
11This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>, the one who formed <03335> him, concerning things to come <0857>: “How dare you question <07592> me about <05921> my children <01121>! How dare you tell <06680> me what to do <06680> with <05921> the work <06467> of my own hands <03027>!
12I <0595> made <06213> the earth <0776>, I created <01254> the people <0120> who live on <05921> it. It was me <0589>– my hands <03027> stretched out <05186> the sky <08064>, I give orders <06680> to all <03605> the heavenly lights <06635>.
13It is me– I <0595> stir <05782> him up <05782> and commission <06664> him; I will make all <03605> his ways <01870> level. He will rebuild <01129> my city <05892>; he will send <07971> my exiled <01546> people home, but not <03808> for a price <04242> or <03808> a bribe <07810>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>.
14This is what <03541> the Lord <03069> says <0559>: “The profit <03018> of Egypt <04714> and the revenue <05505> of Ethiopia <03568>, along with the Sabeans <05436>, those tall <04060> men <0376>, will be brought <05674> to <05921> you and become <01961> yours. They will walk <01980> behind <0310> you, coming along <05674> in <0413> chains <02131>. They will bow down <07812> to <0413> you and pray <06419> to you: ‘Truly <0389> God <0410> is with you; he has no peer <0369>; there is no other <0657> God <0430>!’”
15Yes <0403>, you <0859> are a God <0410> who keeps hidden <05641>, O God <0430> of Israel <03478>, deliverer <03467>!
16They will all be ashamed <0954> and <01571> embarrassed <03637>; those who fashion <02796> idols <06736> will all <03605> be humiliated <03639>.
17Israel <03478> will be delivered <03467> once and for all <05769> by the Lord <03068>; you will never again <05703> <05769> be ashamed <0954> or <03808> humiliated <03637>.
18For <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, the one who created <01254> the sky <08064>– he <01931> is the true God <0430>, the one who formed <03335> the earth <0776> and made <06213> it; he <01931> established <03559> it, he did not <03808> create <01254> it without order <08414>, he formed <03335> it to be inhabited <03427>– “I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, I have no <0369> peer <05750>.
19I have not <03808> spoken <01696> in secret <05643>, in some hidden <02822> place <0776> <04725>. I did not <03808> tell <0559> Jacob’s <03290> descendants <02233>, ‘Seek <01245> me in vain <08414>!’ I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, the one who speaks <01696> honestly <06664>, who makes <05046> reliable announcements <04339>.
20Gather together <06908> and come <0935>! Approach <05066> together <03162>, you refugees <06412> from the nations <01471>! Those who carry <05375> wooden <06086> idols <06459> know <03045> nothing <03808>, those who pray <06419> to <0413> a god <0410> that cannot <03808> deliver <03467>.
21Tell <05046> me! Present the evidence <05066>! Let them consult <03289> with one another <03162>! Who <04310> predicted <08085> this <02063> in the past <06924>? Who announced <05046> it beforehand <0227>? Was it not <03808> I <0589>, the Lord <03068>? I have no <0369> peer <05750>, there is no God <0430> but <01107> me, a God <0410> who vindicates <06662> and delivers <03467>; there is none <0369> but <02108> me.
22Turn <06437> to <0413> me so you can be delivered <03467>, all <03605> you who live in the earth’s <0776> remote regions <0657>! For <03588> I <0589> am God <0410>, and I have no <0369> peer <05750>.
23I solemnly <07650> make <03318> this oath <03318>– what <01697> I say <06310> is true <06666> and reliable <07725> <03808>: ‘Surely <03588> every <03605> knee <01290> will bow <03766> to me, every <03605> tongue <03956> will solemnly affirm <07650>;
24they will say <0559> about me, “Yes, the Lord <03068> is a powerful <05797> deliverer <06666>.”’” All <03605> who are angry <02734> at him will cower <0954> before him.
25All <03605> the descendants <02233> of Israel <03478> will be vindicated <06663> by the Lord <03068> and will boast <01984> in him.