Isaiah 45:1-7
International Standard Version
Cyrus: God’s Deliverer
45 This is what the Lord says to his anointed, Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
as I strip kings of their armor,[a]
to open doors[b] before him
and gates that cannot keep closed:
2 “I myself will go before you,
and he[c] will make the mountains[d] level;
I’ll shatter bronze doors
and cut through iron bars.
3 I’ll give you concealed treasures[e]
and riches hidden in secret places,
so that you’ll know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
Israel[f] my chosen,
I’ve called you,
and he has established you with a name,[g]
although you have not acknowledged me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other besides me:
and there are no gods.[h]
I’m strengthening you,
although you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the sun’s rising[i] to the west
people may know that there is none besides me.
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.”
God is Sovereign
7 “I form light and create darkness,
I make goodness[j] and create disaster.
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:1 Lit. I expose the loins of kings
- Isaiah 45:1 So 1QIsaa (pl.); MT (dual)
- Isaiah 45:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read I
- Isaiah 45:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; MT reads hills
- Isaiah 45:3 Lit. treasures of darkness
- Isaiah 45:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and Israel
- Isaiah 45:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads I have called you by your name, given you a title; LXX reads I will call you by your name, and receive you
- Isaiah 45:5 So 1QIsaa; MT 1QIsab read there is no other: besides me there are no gods
- Isaiah 45:6 I.e. the east
- Isaiah 45:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads well-being; LXX reads peace
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