Isaiah 45
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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:
2 “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)
3 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)
4 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.
5 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,
6 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.
7 I form light and create darkness,(L)
I make success and create disaster;(M)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.
8 “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.
9 “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
- Isaiah 45:1 Lit unloosen the loins
- Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX read the mountains
- Isaiah 45:5 Lit gird
- Isaiah 45:9 Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
- Isaiah 45:9 Or making? Your work has no hands.
- Isaiah 45:11 Or Me the coming things about
- Isaiah 45:14 Lit pray
- Isaiah 45:21 Lit and approach
Isaías 45
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Investidura de Ciro
45 Así dice el Señor de su ungido,
de Ciro, a quien llevo de la mano:
Someteré ante él a las naciones,
desceñiré los lomos de los reyes,
abriré ante él las puertas,
los portones no le resistirán.
2 Caminaré delante de ti,
te iré allanando el camino,
romperé las puertas de bronce,
quebraré los cerrojos de hierro.
3 Te daré tesoros ocultos,
riquezas bien escondidas,
y reconocerás que soy el Señor,
aquel que te llama por tu nombre,
el Dios de Israel.
4 Por mi siervo Jacob,
por mi elegido Israel,
te llamé por tu nombre,
te concedí este honor
aunque no me conocías.
5 Yo soy el Señor, no hay otro;
no hay Dios fuera de mí.
Te ciño como guerrero,
aunque no me conoces,
6 para que sepan en oriente y occidente
que no hay nadie fuera de mí.
Yo soy el Señor, no hay otro:
7 el que hace la luz y crea la tiniebla,
el que opera la paz y crea la desgracia.
Yo, el Señor, hago todo esto.
8 Deja, cielo, caer tu rocío,
lluevan, nubes, la justicia;
ábrase la tierra y brote la salvación,
que junto con ella germine la justicia.
Yo, el Señor, hago todo esto.
La arcilla y el alfarero
9 ¡Ay de quien pleitea con su artífice
no siendo más que un cacharro!
¿Dice el barro al alfarero: “¿qué haces?”,
o lo acusa su obra diciendo:
“¿dónde está tu habilidad?”.
10 ¡Ay de quien dice a un padre:
“¿qué engendras?”;
o a la esposa: “¿qué estás dando a luz?”!
11 Así dice el Señor,
el Santo de Israel, su creador:
¿Tienen algo que decir de mis hijos?
¿Me instruirán sobre la obra de mis manos?
12 Yo he hecho la tierra
y he creado en ella al ser humano;
mis propias manos tendieron el cielo,
di instrucciones a todo su ejército.
13 Yo lo he suscitado para salvar,
voy a allanar todos sus caminos;
él reconstruirá mi ciudad,
liberará a mis deportados
sin pedir dinero ni rescate,
dice el Señor del universo.
Conversión de los paganos
14 Así dice el Señor:
La riqueza de Egipto, el comercio de Etiopía
y los sabeos, gente de elevada estatura,
pasarán a ti y serán tuyos;
tras de ti marcharán encadenados,
ante ti se postrarán
y dirán suplicantes:
“En ti está Dios, y no hay otro,
no hay ningún otro Dios”.
Un Dios invisible pero eficaz
15 Sí, tú eres un Dios invisible,
Dios y salvador de Israel.
16 Quedan defraudados y avergonzados,
abochornados los que fabrican ídolos.
17 Pero el Señor salva a Israel
con una victoria permanente.
No se sentirán defraudados
ni avergonzados nunca jamás.
Un Dios fiable
18 Así dice el Señor,
el que creó el cielo y es Dios,
el que hizo y modeló la tierra;
el que la afianzó y no la creó vacía,
sino que la hizo habitable:
Yo soy el Señor, no hay otro.
19 No he hablado a escondidas,
en un lugar oscuro de la tierra;
no dije a los hijos de Jacob
que me buscaran en el vacío.
Yo soy el Señor, y digo la verdad;
anuncio las cosas que son justas.
Careo con las naciones y oferta de salvación
20 Reúnanse, vengan,
acérquense todos,
supervivientes de las naciones.
Nada saben los que llevan
su ídolo de madera,
los que rezan a un dios
incapaz de salvar.
21 Hablen, traigan pruebas,
deliberen todos juntos.
¿Quién anunció esto desde antaño,
quién predijo esto desde siempre?
¿No fui yo, el Señor?
No hay dios fuera de mí;
soy un Dios justo y salvador
y no hay otro aparte de mí.
22 Vuélvanse a mí y los salvaré,
confines todos de la tierra,
pues yo soy Dios, no hay otro.
23 Lo juro por mí mismo,
de mi boca sale la verdad,
una palabra que no se desdice;
ante mí se doblará toda rodilla,
por mí jurará toda lengua.
24 Se dirá: “Ciertamente en el Señor
están la salvación y el poder”.
Y se le acercarán avergonzados
los que se enardecían contra él.
25 En el Señor se gloriarán victoriosos
todos los hijos de Israel.
Isaiah 45
King James Version
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;
2 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:
3 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.
4 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.
5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 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.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
8 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.
9 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.
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