¹ The LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their armor, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: ² “I will go before you ³ I will give you the treasures of darkness ⁴ For Jacob my servant’s sake,
though you have not known me. ⁵ I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
though you have not known me, ⁶ that they may know from the rising of the sun, ⁷ I form the light ⁸ Rain, you heavens, from above,
Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, ⁹ Woe to him who strives with his Maker— ¹⁰ Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’
or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’” ¹¹ The LORD, the Holy One of Israel
“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, ¹² I have made the earth, and created man on it. ¹³ I have raised him up in righteousness, ¹⁴ The LORD says: “The labor of Egypt,
‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. ¹⁵ Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself,
God of Israel, the Savior.’” ¹⁶ They will be disappointed, ¹⁷ Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. ¹⁸ For the LORD who created the heavens,
“I am the LORD. ¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret, ²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come. ²¹ Declare and present it.
Yes, let them take counsel together.
Haven’t I, the LORD? ²² “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; ²³ I have sworn by myself. ²⁴ They will say of me,
‘There is righteousness and strength only in the LORD.’” ²⁵ All the offspring of Israel will be justified in the LORD,