“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;[a](A)
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.(B)
I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places,(C)
so that you may know that I am the Lord.
I am the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.(D)
I call you by your name,
for the sake of my servant Jacob(E)
and Israel my chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know me.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:2 DSS, LXX read the mountains

I will go before you(A)
    and will level(B) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(C) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.(D)
I will give you hidden treasures,(E)
    riches stored in secret places,(F)
so that you may know(G) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.(H)
For the sake of Jacob my servant,(I)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge(J) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

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:

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.

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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