BibleStudyIt Isaiah 45

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed, ^{( A )}
to Cyrus, ^{( B )} whose right hand I take hold ^{( C )} of
to subdue nations ^{( D )} before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
² I will go before you ^{( E )}
and will level ^{( F )} the mountains ^{[ a ]} ;
I will break down gates ^{( G )} of bronze
and cut through bars of iron. ^{( H )
3} I will give you hidden treasures, ^{( I )}
riches stored in secret places, ^{( J )}
so that you may know ^{( K )} that I am the Lord ,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name. ^{( L )
4} For the sake of Jacob my servant, ^{( M )}
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge ^{( N )} me.
⁵ I am the Lord , and there is no other; ^{( O )}
apart from me there is no God. ^{( P )}
I will strengthen you, ^{( Q )}
though you have not acknowledged me,
⁶ so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting ^{( R )}
people may know ^{( S )} there is none besides me. ^{( T )}
I am the Lord , and there is no other.
⁷ I form the light and create darkness, ^{( U )}
I bring prosperity and create disaster; ^{( V )}
I, the Lord , do all these things.

⁸ “You heavens above, rain ^{( W )} down my righteousness; ^{( X )}
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation ^{( Y )} spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord , have created it.

⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel ^{( Z )} with their Maker, ^{( AA )}
those who are nothing but potsherds ^{( AB )}
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter, ^{( AC )}
‘What are you making?’ ^{( AD )}
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’? ^{( AE )
10} Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’

¹¹ “This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One ^{( AF )} of Israel, and its Maker: ^{( AG )}
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands? ^{( AH )
12} It is I who made the earth ^{( AI )}
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens; ^{( AJ )}
I marshaled their starry hosts. ^{( AK )
13} I will raise up Cyrus ^{[ b ] ( AL )} in my righteousness:
I will make all his ways straight. ^{( AM )}
He will rebuild my city ^{( AN )}
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward, ^{( AO )}
says the Lord Almighty.”

“The products ^{( AP )} of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, ^{[ c ]}
and those tall Sabeans ^{( AQ )} —
they will come over to you ^{( AR )}
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you, ^{( AS )}
coming over to you in chains. ^{( AT )}
They will bow down before you
and plead ^{( AU )} with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you, ^{( AV )} and there is no other;
there is no other god. ^{( AW )} ’”

¹⁵ Truly you are a God who has been hiding ^{( AX )} himself,
the God and Savior ^{( AY )} of Israel.
¹⁶ All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; ^{( AZ )}
they will go off into disgrace together.
¹⁷ But Israel will be saved ^{( BA )} by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation; ^{( BB )}
you will never be put to shame or disgraced, ^{( BC )}
to ages everlasting.

¹⁸ For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth, ^{( BD )}
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty, ^{( BE )}
but formed it to be inhabited ^{( BF )} —
he says:
“I am the Lord ,
and there is no other. ^{( BG )
19} I have not spoken in secret, ^{( BH )}
from somewhere in a land of darkness; ^{( BI )}
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ^{( BJ )}
‘Seek ^{( BK )} me in vain.’
I, the Lord , speak the truth;
I declare what is right. ^{( BL )}

²⁰ “Gather together ^{( BM )} and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant ^{( BN )} are those who carry ^{( BO )} about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save. ^{( BP )
21} Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold ^{( BQ )} this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past? ^{( BR )}
Was it not I, the Lord ?
And there is no God apart from me, ^{( BS )}
a righteous God ^{( BT )} and a Savior; ^{( BU )}
there is none but me.

²² “Turn ^{( BV )} to me and be saved, ^{( BW )}
all you ends of the earth; ^{( BX )}
for I am God, and there is no other. ^{( BY )
23} By myself I have sworn, ^{( BZ )}
my mouth has uttered in all integrity ^{( CA )}
a word that will not be revoked: ^{( CB )}
Before me every knee will bow; ^{( CC )}
by me every tongue will swear. ^{( CD )
24} They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance ^{( CE )} and strength. ^{( CF )} ’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame. ^{( CG )
25} But all the descendants ^{( CH )} of Israel
will find deliverance ^{( CI )} in the Lord
and will make their boast in him. ^{( CJ )}