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12 I myself made the earth
    and personally created humankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the skies;
    I marshaled all their starry hosts.”

God will Bless Cyrus

13 “I have aroused him[a] in righteousness,
    and I’ll make all his pathways smooth.
It is he who will rebuild my city
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price nor reward, ”
    says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

14 This is what the Lord says:
“The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia,
    those[b] Sabeans, men of great heights.[c]
They’ll come over to you and will be yours;
    They’ll trudge behind you—
        coming over in chains, they’ll bow down to you.
They’ll plead with you,
    ‘Surely God is in you;
        and there is no other God at all.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:13 I.e. Cyrus, king of Persia
  2. Isaiah 45:14 Lit. and those; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and the
  3. Isaiah 45:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads height

12 It is I who made the earth(A)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;(B)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.(C)
13 I will raise up Cyrus[a](D) in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.(E)
He will rebuild my city(F)
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,(G)
    says the Lord Almighty.”

14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products(H) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[b]
    and those tall Sabeans(I)
they will come over to you(J)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(K)
    coming over to you in chains.(L)
They will bow down before you
    and plead(M) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(N) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.(O)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him
  2. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region