Isaiah 45
The Commission to
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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;
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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:
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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.
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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.
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I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known
me;
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that they may know from the rising of the
sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is none
else.
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I form the light, and create darkness: I
make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all
these things.
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The LORD the Creator |
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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.
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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? Rom. 9.20 or thy work, He hath no hands?
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Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought
forth?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thus saith the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia
and of the Sabe'ans, 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.
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Verily thou art a God that hidest
thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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They shall be ashamed, and also
confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that
are makers of idols.
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But Israel shall be saved in the
LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall
not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
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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.
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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.
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Babylon's Idols and
the LORD |
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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.
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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.
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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else.
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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. Rom.
14.11 · Phil.
2.10, 11
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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.
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In the LORD shall
all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall
glory.
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