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Isaiah 45:5-17
English Standard Version
Isaiah 45:5-17
English Standard Version
5 (A)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
(B)I equip you, though you do not know me,
6 (C)that people 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 no other.
7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and (D)create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8 (E)“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and (F)let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
9 (G)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
(H)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11 Thus says (I)the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(J)“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me (K)concerning my children and (L)the work of my hands?[a]
12 (M)I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands (N)that stretched out the heavens,
and (O)I commanded all their host.
13 (P)I have stirred him up in righteousness,
(Q)and I will make all his ways level;
(R)he shall build my city
(S)and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
The Lord, the Only Savior
14 Thus says the Lord:
(T)“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you (U)and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”
15 (V)Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 (W)All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
(X)you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
Isaiah 45:5-17
New International Version
Isaiah 45:5-17
New International Version
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting(D)
people may know(E) there is none besides me.(F)
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness,(G)
I bring prosperity and create disaster;(H)
I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 “You heavens above, rain(I) down my righteousness;(J)
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation(K) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “Woe to those who quarrel(L) with their Maker,(M)
those who are nothing but potsherds(N)
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(O)
‘What are you making?’(P)
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?(Q)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
11 “This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One(R) of Israel, and its Maker:(S)
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?(T)
12 It is I who made the earth(U)
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;(V)
I marshaled their starry hosts.(W)
13 I will raise up Cyrus[a](X) in my righteousness:
I will make all his ways straight.(Y)
He will rebuild my city(Z)
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,(AA)
says the Lord Almighty.”
14 This is what the Lord says:
“The products(AB) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[b]
and those tall Sabeans(AC)—
they will come over to you(AD)
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(AE)
coming over to you in chains.(AF)
They will bow down before you
and plead(AG) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(AH) and there is no other;
there is no other god.(AI)’”
15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding(AJ) himself,
the God and Savior(AK) of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(AL)
they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(AM) by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;(AN)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(AO)
to ages everlasting.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him
- Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region
Isaiah 45:5-17
King James Version
Isaiah 45:5-17
King James Version
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.
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