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Encargo de Dios para Ciro

45 »Yo, el Señor, digo así a Ciro, mi ungido, al cual tomé de la mano derecha para que las naciones se sometan a su paso y los reyes huyan en desbandada; para que las ciudades le abran sus puertas y no las vuelvan a cerrar: Yo iré delante de ti, y te allanaré los lugares torcidos; haré pedazos puertas de bronce y cerrojos de hierro, te entregaré tesoros escondidos y te daré a conocer recónditos secretos, para que sepas que yo soy el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que te llamo por tu nombre. Por amor a Jacob, por amor a Israel, mi siervo escogido, te he llamado por tu nombre, el nombre que te di, aunque tú no me conocías. Yo soy el Señor, y nadie más. No hay Dios fuera de mí. Yo te vestiré para la batalla, aunque tú no me conoces, para que desde la salida del sol hasta el ocaso todos sepan que yo soy el Señor, y que aparte de mí no hay otro Dios. Yo soy el que ha creado la luz y las tinieblas; yo soy el que hace la paz y crea la adversidad. Yo, el Señor, soy el que hace todo esto.

El Señor es el Creador

»Ustedes, cielos, dejen caer su lluvia; y ustedes, nubes, derramen justicia; y tú, tierra, ábrete y deja que brote la salvación junto con la justicia. Yo, el Señor, soy su creador.»

¡Ay de aquel que discute con su Hacedor! ¡Un tiesto más entre los tiestos de la tierra! El barro no le pregunta al alfarero: “¿Qué es lo que haces?”(A) ¿Acaso le señala: “Tu obra no tiene manos”? 10 ¡Ay de aquel que pregunta a su padre: “¿Por qué me engendraste?” O pregunta a su madre: “¿Por qué me diste a luz?”!

11 »Así dice el Señor, el Santo de Israel, el que lo formó: “Pregúntenme por lo que está por venir. Pregúntenme acerca de mis hijos y de la obra de mis manos. 12 Yo hice la tierra; hice también al hombre y lo puse sobre ella. Yo extendí los cielos con mis manos, y di órdenes a todas sus estrellas. 13 A él lo desperté en justicia, y allanaré todos sus caminos; él edificará mi ciudad y pondrá en libertad a mis cautivos, sin dar por ellos nada a cambio. Lo digo yo, el Señor de los ejércitos.”»

14 Así dice el Señor:

«El trabajo de Egipto, las mercaderías de Etiopía, y los altos sabeos, se pasarán a tu bando y serán tuyos; te seguirán cargados de cadenas, y al pasar ante ti te harán reverencias y suplicantes te dirán: “Ciertamente Dios está en medio de ti, y fuera de Dios no hay otro.”»

15 Y en verdad tú, Dios y salvador de Israel, eres un Dios que se esconde. 16 Todos los que fabrican imágenes serán avergonzados, y andarán confusos y humillados; 17 pero ustedes los israelitas serán salvado por el Señor con salvación eterna; por todos los siglos jamás serán avergonzados ni humillados.

18 El Señor, creador de los cielos; el Dios que formó la tierra; el que la hizo y le dio forma; el que no la creó sin un propósito, sino que la creó para que fuera habitada, dice así:

«Yo soy el Señor, y no hay otro. 19 Yo no he hablado en secreto, en algún lugar recóndito de la tierra; yo no le he dicho a la descendencia de Jacob que me busque en vano. Yo soy el Señor, el que habla con justicia y da a conocer lo que es recto.»

El Señor y los ídolos de Babilonia

20 «Ustedes, los sobrevivientes de entre las naciones, vengan; acérquense y reúnanse. No saben nada esos que erigen un ídolo de madera, esos que dirigen sus ruegos a un dios que no salva. 21 Digan a todos que se acerquen, y se reúnan a deliberar. ¿Quién dio a saber esto desde el principio? ¿Quién sino yo, el Señor, lo dio a conocer desde entonces? No hay más Dios que yo, Dios justo y Salvador. ¡No hay otro fuera de mí! 22 Pongan sus ojos en mí todos los términos de la tierra, y reciban salvación, porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más. 23 Lo he jurado por mí mismo; de mi boca ha salido esta palabra de justicia, y no será revocada: Ante mí se doblará toda rodilla, y ante mí toda lengua jurará(B) 24 y dirá de mí: “Ciertamente en el Señor están la justicia y la fuerza.” Todos los que se rebelan contra él vendrán a su presencia, y quedarán avergonzados, 25 porque en el Señor será justificada y se gloriará toda la descendencia de Israel.

Encargo de Dios para Ciro

45 Así dice Jehová a su ungido, a Ciro, al cual tomé yo por su mano derecha, para sujetar naciones delante de él y desatar lomos de reyes; para abrir delante de él puertas, y las puertas no se cerrarán: Yo iré delante de ti, y enderezaré los lugares torcidos; quebrantaré puertas de bronce, y cerrojos de hierro haré pedazos; y te daré los tesoros escondidos, y los secretos muy guardados, para que sepas que yo soy Jehová, el Dios de Israel, que te pongo nombre. Por amor de mi siervo Jacob, y de Israel mi escogido, te llamé por tu nombre; te puse sobrenombre, aunque no me conociste. Yo soy Jehová, y ninguno más hay; no hay Dios fuera de mí. Yo te ceñiré, aunque tú no me conociste, para que se sepa desde el nacimiento del sol, y hasta donde se pone, que no hay más que yo; yo Jehová, y ninguno más que yo, que formo la luz y creo las tinieblas, que hago la paz y creo la adversidad. Yo Jehová soy el que hago todo esto.

Jehová el Creador

Rociad, cielos, de arriba, y las nubes destilen la justicia; ábrase la tierra, y prodúzcanse la salvación y la justicia; háganse brotar juntamente. Yo Jehová lo he creado.

¡Ay del que pleitea con su Hacedor! ¡El tiesto con los tiestos de la tierra! ¿Dirá el barro al que lo labra: Qué haces?;(A) o tu obra: ¿No tiene manos? 10 ¡Ay del que dice al padre: ¿Por qué engendraste? y a la mujer: ¿Por qué diste a luz?! 11 Así dice Jehová, el Santo de Israel, y su Formador: Preguntadme de las cosas por venir; mandadme acerca de mis hijos, y acerca de la obra de mis manos. 12 Yo hice la tierra, y creé sobre ella al hombre. Yo, mis manos, extendieron los cielos, y a todo su ejército mandé. 13 Yo lo desperté en justicia, y enderezaré todos sus caminos; él edificará mi ciudad, y soltará mis cautivos, no por precio ni por dones, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.

14 Así dice Jehová: El trabajo de Egipto, las mercaderías de Etiopía, y los sabeos, hombres de elevada estatura, se pasarán a ti y serán tuyos; irán en pos de ti, pasarán con grillos; te harán reverencia y te suplicarán diciendo: Ciertamente en ti está Dios, y no hay otro fuera de Dios. 15 Verdaderamente tú eres Dios que te encubres, Dios de Israel, que salvas. 16 Confusos y avergonzados serán todos ellos; irán con afrenta todos los fabricadores de imágenes. 17 Israel será salvo en Jehová con salvación eterna; no os avergonzaréis ni os afrentaréis, por todos los siglos.

18 Porque así dijo Jehová, que creó los cielos; él es Dios, el que formó la tierra, el que la hizo y la compuso; no la creó en vano, para que fuese habitada la creó: Yo soy Jehová, y no hay otro. 19 No hablé en secreto, en un lugar oscuro de la tierra; no dije a la descendencia de Jacob: En vano me buscáis. Yo soy Jehová que hablo justicia, que anuncio rectitud.

Jehová y los ídolos de Babilonia

20 Reuníos, y venid; juntaos todos los sobrevivientes de entre las naciones. No tienen conocimiento aquellos que erigen el madero de su ídolo, y los que ruegan a un dios que no salva. 21 Proclamad, y hacedlos acercarse, y entren todos en consulta; ¿quién hizo oír esto desde el principio, y lo tiene dicho desde entonces, sino yo Jehová? Y no hay más Dios que yo; Dios justo y Salvador; ningún otro fuera de mí. 22 Mirad a mí, y sed salvos, todos los términos de la tierra, porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más. 23 Por mí mismo hice juramento, de mi boca salió palabra en justicia, y no será revocada: Que a mí se doblará toda rodilla, y jurará toda lengua.(B)

24 Y se dirá de mí: Ciertamente en Jehová está la justicia y la fuerza; a él vendrán, y todos los que contra él se enardecen serán avergonzados. 25 En Jehová será justificada y se gloriará toda la descendencia de Israel.

45 The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed,(A)
whose right hand I have grasped(B)
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm[a] kings,(C)
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;[b](D)
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.(E)
I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places,(F)
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.(G)
I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant(H)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other;(I)
there is no God but Me.(J)
I will strengthen[c] you,
though you do not know Me,
so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
that there is no one but Me.(K)
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness,(L)
I make success and create disaster;(M)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness.(N)
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.(O)
I, Yahweh, have created it.

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.[d]
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’(P)
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?[e]
10 How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
11 This is what the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel(Q) and its Maker, says:
“Ask Me what is to happen to[f] My sons,(R)
and instruct Me about the work of My hands.(S)
12 I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,(T)
and I commanded all their host.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness,(U)
and will level all roads for him.
He will rebuild My city,(V)
and set My exiles free,(W)
not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord of Hosts.

God Alone is the Savior

14 This is what the Lord says:

The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature,(X)
will come over to you(Y)
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess[g] to you:
God is indeed with you,(Z) and there is no other;
there is no other God.

15 Yes, You are a God who hides Himself,(AA)
God of Israel, Savior.(AB)
16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;(AC)
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
17 Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.(AD)

18 For this is what the Lord says—
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited(AE)
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,(AF)
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek Me in a wasteland.(AG)
I, Yahweh, speak truthfully;(AH)
I say what is right.

20 “Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,(AI)
have no knowledge.(AJ)
21 Speak up and present your case[h](AK)
yes, let them take counsel together.
Who predicted this long ago?
Who announced it from ancient times?
Was it not I, Yahweh?
There is no other God but Me,
a righteous God and Savior;(AL)
there is no one except Me.(AM)
22 Turn to Me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth.
For I am God,
and there is no other.
23 By Myself I have sworn;(AN)
Truth has gone from My mouth,(AO)
a word that will not be revoked:
Every knee will bow(AP) to Me,
every tongue will swear allegiance.
24 It will be said to Me: Righteousness and strength
is only in the Lord.”
All who are enraged against Him
will come to Him and be put to shame.(AQ)
25 All the descendants of Israel
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:1 Lit unloosen the loins
  2. Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX read the mountains
  3. Isaiah 45:5 Lit gird
  4. Isaiah 45:9 Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
  5. Isaiah 45:9 Or making? Your work has no hands.
  6. Isaiah 45:11 Or Me the coming things about
  7. Isaiah 45:14 Lit pray
  8. Isaiah 45:21 Lit and approach

45 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;

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:

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.

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.

I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

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.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

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.

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.

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:
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)
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)
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.
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,
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.
I form the light and create darkness,(U)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(V)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“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.

“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.”

14 This is what the Lord says:

“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)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him
  3. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region