Isaiah 45:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² I created the world
    and covered it with people;
I stretched out the sky
    and filled it with stars.
¹³ I have done the right thing
    by placing Cyrus in power,
and I will make the roads easy
    for him to follow.
I am the Lord All-Powerful!
    Cyrus will rebuild my city
    and set my people free
    without being paid a thing.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

¹⁴ My people, I, the Lord, promise
    that the riches of Egypt
and the treasures of Ethiopia^[a]
    will belong to you.
You will force into slavery
    those tall people of Seba.^[b]