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?
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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