Isaiah 45:1-7

Modern English Version

45 Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed,
    whose right hand I have held—
to subdue nations before him
    and to loosen the loins of kings,
to open doors before him
    so that the gates will not be shut:
² I will go before you
    and make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
    and shatter the bars of iron.
³ And I will give you the treasures of darkness
    and hidden riches of secret places
so that you may know that I, the Lord,
    who calls you by your name, am the God of Israel.
⁴ For Jacob My servant’s sake
    and Israel My chosen one,
I have even called you by your name;
    I have named you,
    though you have not known Me.
⁵ I am the Lord and there is no other;
    there is no God besides Me.
I strengthen you,
    though you have not known Me,
⁶ so that they may know from the rising of the sun
    and from the west
that there is no one besides Me.
    I am the Lord, and there is no other;
⁷ I form the light and create darkness;
    I make peace and create calamity;
    I, the Lord, do all these things.