King James Version · full chapter
Isaiah 45
25 verses · King James Version
- 1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;Compare translations of Isaiah 45:1
- 2I 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:Compare translations of Isaiah 45:2
- 3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call by thy name, the God of Israel.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:3
- 4For 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:4
- 5I the LORD, and none else, no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:Compare translations of Isaiah 45:5
- 6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that none beside me. I the LORD, and none else.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:6
- 7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all theseCompare translations of Isaiah 45:7
- 8Drop 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:8
- 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! the potsherd 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?Compare translations of Isaiah 45:9
- 10Woe unto him that saith unto father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?Compare translations of Isaiah 45:10
- 11Thus 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:11
- 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:12
- 13I 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.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:13
- 14Thus 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, Surely God in thee; and none else, no God.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:14
- 15Verily thou a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:15
- 16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together makers of idols.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:16
- 17Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:17
- 18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I the LORD; and none else.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:18
- 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:19
- 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god cannot save.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:20
- 21Tell ye, and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? hath told it from that time? not I the LORD? and no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; none beside me.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:21
- 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I God, and none else.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:22
- 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:23
- 24Surely, shall say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: to him shall come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:24
- 25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.Compare translations of Isaiah 45:25