Isaiah 45
Amplified Bible
God Uses Cyrus
45 This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia],
Whose right hand I have held
To subdue nations before him,
And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them];
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
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“I will go before you and level the mountains;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
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“I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures]
And the hidden riches of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you (Cyrus the Great) by your name.
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“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And of Israel My chosen,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you an honorable name
Though you have not known Me.
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“I am the Lord, and there is no one else;
There is no God except Me.
I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me,
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That people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun [the world over]
That there is no one except Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,
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The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing peace and creating disaster;
I am the Lord who does all these things.
God’s Supreme Power
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“Rain down, O heavens, from above,
Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];
Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
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“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?(A)
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“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’
Or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11 For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker says this,
“Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons,
And give Me orders concerning the work of My hands.
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“I made the earth and created man upon it.
My hands, stretched out the heavens,
And I commanded all their host.
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“I have stirred up Cyrus and put him into action in righteousness [to accomplish My purpose]
And I will make all his ways smooth;
He will build My city and let My exiles go,
Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
14 For this is what the Lord says,
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush (ancient Ethiopia)
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and they will be yours;
They will walk behind you, in chains [of subjection to you] they will come over,
And they will bow down before you;
They will make supplication to you, [humbly and earnestly] saying,
[a]‘Most certainly God is with you, and there is no other,
No other God [besides Him].’”(B)
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Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,
O God of Israel, Savior!
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They will be put to shame and also humiliated, all of them;
They who make idols will go away together in humiliation.
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Israel has been saved by the Lord
With an everlasting salvation;
You will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.(C)
18 For the Lord, who created the heavens [b](He is God, who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited) says this,
“I am the Lord, and there is no one else.
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“I have not spoken in secret,
In a corner of a land of darkness;
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in vain [with no benefit for yourselves].’
I, the Lord, speak righteousness [the truth—trustworthy, a straightforward correlation between deeds and words],
Declaring things that are upright.(D)
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“Assemble yourselves and come;
Come together, you survivors of the nations!
They are ignorant,
Who carry around their wooden idols [in religious processions or into battle]
And keep on praying to a god that cannot save them.
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“Declare and present your defense of idols;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who announced this [rise of Cyrus and his conquests] long before it happened?
Who declared it long ago?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me,
A [consistently and uncompromisingly] just and righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.
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“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
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“I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,
The word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear [allegiance].(E)
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“It shall be said of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
To Him people will come,
And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.(F)
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“In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be justified (declared free of guilt) and will glory [in God].”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:14 These words foretell the fact that salvation will be available to believing Gentiles, as well as Jews.
- Isaiah 45:18 Longer parenthetical passages such as this one are in the Hebrew text, and should not be confused with the general use of parentheses as a way to define or modify the previous word or group of words.
Isaias 45
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Pinili ng Dios si Cyrus
45 Ito ang sinabi ng Panginoon kay Cyrus na kanyang hinirang at pinalakas ang kapangyarihan, “Sakupin mo ang mga bansa at pasukuin mo ang mga hari. Buksan mo ang mga pintuan ng kanilang mga lungsod at agawin, at hindi na ito isasara. 2 Ako ang maghahanda ng iyong dadaanan, at papatagin ko ang mga bundok. Gigibain ko ang mga pintuang tanso at ang mga tarangkahang bakal nito. 3 Ibibigay ko sa iyo ang mga nakatagong kayamanan, para malaman mong ako ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel na tumawag sa iyo. 4 Tinawag kita para tulungan mo ang Israel na aking lingkod at pinili. Pinarangalan kita kahit na hindi mo pa ako nakikilala. 5 Ako ang Panginoon, at wala nang iba pa; maliban sa akin ay wala nang ibang Dios. Palalakasin kita kahit na hindi mo pa ako nakikilala 6 para malaman ng lahat sa buong mundo na walang ibang Dios maliban sa akin. Ako ang Panginoon at wala nang iba pa. 7 Ako ang lumikha ng liwanag at ng dilim. Ako ang nagpapadala ng kabutihan at ng kapahamakan. Ako ang Panginoon na gumawa ng lahat ng ito. 8 Magbibigay ako ng tagumpay na parang ulan. Matatanggap ito ng mga tao sa mundo, at kakalat ang kaligtasan at tagumpay na parang tanim na tumutubo. Ako ang Panginoong gumawa nito. 9 Nakakaawa ang taong nakikipagtalo sa Dios na lumikha sa kanya. Ang katulad niyaʼy palayok lamang. Ang putik bang ginagawang palayok ay maaaring magsabi sa magpapalayok kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin? O makakapagreklamo ba siyang walang kakayahan ang magpapalayok? 10 Nakakaawa ang anak na nagsasabi sa kanyang mga magulang, ‘Bakit ba ninyo ako ginawang ganito?’ ”
11 Ito pa ang sinabi ng Panginoon, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel, na lumikha sa kanya, “Nagrereklamo ba kayo sa mga ginagawa ko? Inuutusan nʼyo ba ako sa mga dapat kong gawin? 12 Ako ang gumawa ng mundo at ng lahat ng naninirahan dito. Ang mga kamay ko ang nagladlad ng langit, at ako ang nag-utos sa araw, buwan at mga bituin na lumabas. 13 Ako ang tumawag kay Cyrus para isagawa ang aking layunin. Gagawin kong tama ang lahat ng pamamaraan niya. Itatayo niyang muli ang aking lungsod at palalayain niya ang mga mamamayan kong binihag. Gagawin niya ito hindi dahil sa binigyan siya ng suhol o regalo. Ako, ang Panginoong Makapangyarihan, ang nagsasabi nito.”
14 Sinabi ng Panginoon sa Israel, “Masasakop mo ang mga taga-Egipto, ang mga taga-Etiopia[a] at ang mga taga-Sabea na ang mga lalaki ay matatangkad. Paparito sila sa iyo na dala ang kanilang mga kayamanan at mga ani. Silaʼy magiging mga bihag mo. Luluhod sila sa iyo at magsasabi, ‘Ang Dios ay totoong kasama mo, at wala nang ibang Dios!’ ”
15 O Dios at Tagapagligtas ng Israel, hindi nʼyo ipinapakita ang inyong sarili. 16 Mapapahiya ang lahat ng gumagawa ng mga rebultong dios-diosan. 17 Pero ang Israel ay ililigtas nʼyo, Panginoon, at ang kaligtasan nila ay walang hanggan. Hindi na sila mapapahiya kahit kailan.
18 Kayo Panginoon ang Dios. Kayo ang lumikha ng langit at ng mundo. Hindi nʼyo ginawa ang mundo nang walang nabubuhay. Ginawa nʼyo ito para matirhan. Sinabi nʼyo, “Ako ang Panginoon at wala nang iba pa. 19 Hindi ako nagsalita nang lihim, nang walang nakakaalam. Hindi ko sinabi sa mga lahi ni Jacob na dumulog sila sa akin, na wala naman silang matatanggap sa akin. Ako ang Panginoon, nagsasalita ako ng katotohanan. Sinasabi ko kung ano ang dapat.”
20 Sinabi pa ng Panginoon, “Magtipon kayong lahat at lumapit sa akin, kayong mga tumakas mula sa mga bansa. Walang alam ang mga nagdadala ng mga dios-diosan nilang kahoy. Nananalangin sila sa mga dios-diosang ito, na hindi naman makapagliligtas sa kanila. 21 Isangguni ninyo sa isaʼt isa, at ihayag ang inyong usapin. Sino ang humula noon tungkol sa mga bagay na mangyayari? Hindi baʼt ako, ang Panginoon? Wala nang ibang Dios, ako lang, ang Dios na matuwid at Tagapagligtas.
22 “Lumapit kayo sa akin para maligtas kayo, kayong lahat sa buong mundo.[b] Sapagkat ako ang Dios at maliban sa akin ay wala nang iba pa. 23 Sumumpa ako sa aking sarili, at ang mga sinabi koʼy hindi na mababago. Ang lahat ay luluhod sa akin, at silaʼy mangangakong magiging tapat sa akin. 24 Sasabihin nila, ‘Tanging sa tulong lamang ng Panginoon ang taoʼy magkakaroon ng lakas at tagumpay na may katuwiran.’ ” Ang lahat ng napopoot sa Panginoon ay lalapit sa kanya at mapapahiya. 25 Sa tulong ng Panginoon ang lahat ng lahi ng Israel ay makakaranas ng tagumpay na may katuwiran at magpupuri sila sa kanya.
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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