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The Prophecy
of Isaias 45
Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right
hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before
his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open
the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones
of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass,
and will burst the bars of iron.
And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed
riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that
I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of
Israel.
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect,
I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness
of thee, and thou hast not known me.
I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God,
besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:
That they may know who are from the rising of the sun,
and they who are from the west, that there is none besides
me. I am the Lord, and there is none else:
I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace,
and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds
rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth
a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the
Lord have created him.
Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the
earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth
it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou?
and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker:
Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and
concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand
stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all
their host.
I have raised him up to justice, and I will direct all
his ways: he shall build my city, and let go my captives,
not for ransom, nor for presents, saith the Lord the
God of hosts.
Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise
of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come
over to thee, and shall be thins: they shall walk after
thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall
worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only
in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.
Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the
saviour.
They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of
errors are gone together into confusion.
Israel is saved in the Lord with as eternal salvation:
you shall not be con- founded, and you shall not be
ashamed for ever and ever.
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God
himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very
maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed
it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the
earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me
in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare
right things.
Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together,
ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge
that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray
to a god that cannot save.
Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared
this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from
that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God
else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is
none besides me.
Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go
out of my mouth, and shall not return:
For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue
shall swear.
Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices
and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist
him shall be confounded.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified
and praised. |
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