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1. The LORD says this to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to unloose the loins of kings, to open the doors before him and the gates will not be shut:
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 to his anointed H4899 , to Cyrus H3566 , whose H834 right hand H3225 I have holden H2388 , to subdue H7286 nations H1471 before H6440 him ; and I will loose H6605 the loins H4975 of kings H4428 , to open H6605 before H6440 him the two leaved gates H1817 ; and the gates H8179 shall not H3808 be shut H5462 ;
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2. "I will go before you and level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doors and cut the iron bars in two.
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2. I H589 will go H1980 before H6440 thee , and make the crooked places straight H3474 H1921 : I will break in pieces H7665 the gates H1817 of brass H5154 , and cut in sunder H1438 the bars H1280 of iron H1270 :
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3. I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from secret places, so that you may know that I, the LORD, the God of Israel call you by your name.
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3. And I will give H5414 thee the treasures H214 of darkness H2822 , and hidden riches H4301 of secret places H4565 , that H4616 thou mayest know H3045 that H3588 I H589 , the LORD H3068 , which call H7121 thee by thy name H8034 , am the God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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4. I call you by your name, because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know Me.
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4. For Jacob H3290 my servant's sake H4616 H5650 , and Israel H3478 mine elect H972 , I have even called H7121 thee by thy name H8034 : I have surnamed H3655 thee , though thou hast not H3808 known H3045 me.
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5. I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will strengthen you, though you do not know Me,
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5. I H589 am the LORD H3068 , and there is none H369 else H5750 , there is no H369 God H430 beside H2108 me : I girded H247 thee , though thou hast not H3808 known H3045 me:
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6. so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is no one but Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.
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6. That H4616 they may know H3045 from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 , and from the west H4480 H4628 , that H3588 there is none H657 beside H1107 me. I H589 am the LORD H3068 , and there is none H369 else H5750 .
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7. I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.
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7. I form H3335 the light H216 , and create H1254 darkness H2822 : I make H6213 peace H7965 , and create H1254 evil H7451 : I H589 the LORD H3068 do H6213 all H3605 these H428 things .
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8. "Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation sprout and righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
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8. Drop down H7491 , ye heavens H8064 , from above H4480 H4605 , and let the skies H7834 pour down H5140 righteousness H6664 : let the earth H776 open H6605 , and let them bring forth H6509 salvation H3468 , and let righteousness H6666 spring up H6779 together H3162 ; I H589 the LORD H3068 have created H1254 it.
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9. "Woe to the one who argues with his Maker-- one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it: What are you making? Or does your work say: He has no hands?
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9. Woe H1945 unto him that striveth H7378 with H854 his Maker H3335 ! Let the potsherd H2789 strive with H854 the potsherds H2789 of the earth H127 . Shall the clay H2563 say H559 to him that fashioneth H3335 it, What H4100 makest H6213 thou? or thy work H6467 , He hath no H369 hands H3027 ?
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10. How absurd is the one who says to his father: What are you fathering? or to his mother: What are you giving birth to?"
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10. Woe H1945 unto him that saith H559 unto his father H1 , What H4100 begettest H3205 thou? or to the woman H802 , What H4100 hast thou brought forth H2342 ?
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11. This is what the LORD, the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says: "Ask Me what is to happen to My sons, and instruct Me about the work of My hands.
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11. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 , and his Maker H3335 , Ask H7592 me of things to come H857 concerning H5921 my sons H1121 , and concerning H5921 the work H6467 of my hands H3027 command H6680 ye me.
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12. I made the earth, and created man on it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
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12. I H595 have made H6213 the earth H776 , and created H1254 man H120 upon H5921 it: I H589 , even my hands H3027 , have stretched out H5186 the heavens H8064 , and all H3605 their host H6635 have I commanded H6680 .
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13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe," says the LORD of Hosts.
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13. I H595 have raised him up H5782 in righteousness H6664 , and I will direct H3474 all H3605 his ways H1870 : he H1931 shall build H1129 my city H5892 , and he shall let go H7971 my captives H1546 , not H3808 for price H4242 nor H3808 reward H7810 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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14. This is what the LORD says: The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will follow you, they will come over in chains; and bow down to you. They will confess to you: God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.
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14. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , The labor H3018 of Egypt H4714 , and merchandise H5505 of Ethiopia H3568 and of the Sabeans H5436 , men H376 of stature H4060 , shall come over H5674 unto H5921 thee , and they shall be H1961 thine : they shall come H1980 after H310 thee ; in chains H2131 they shall come over H5674 , and they shall fall down H7812 unto H413 thee , they shall make supplication H6419 unto H413 thee, saying , Surely H389 God H410 is in thee ; and there is none H369 else H5750 , there is no H657 God H430 .
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15. Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior.
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15. Verily H403 thou H859 art a God H410 that hidest thyself H5641 , O God H430 of Israel H3478 , the Savior H3467 .
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16. All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
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16. They shall be ashamed H954 , and also H1571 confounded H3637 , all H3605 of them : they shall go H1980 to confusion H3639 together H3162 that are makers H2796 of idols H6736 .
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17. Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated for all eternity.
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17. But Israel H3478 shall be saved H3467 in the LORD H3068 with an everlasting H5769 salvation H8668 : ye shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 nor H3808 confounded H3637 world without end H5704 H5769 H5703 .
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18. For this is what the LORD says-- God is the Creator of the heavens. He formed the earth and made it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited-- "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
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18. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that created H1254 the heavens H8064 ; God H430 himself H1931 that formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it; he H1931 hath established H3559 it , he created H1254 it not H3808 in vain H8414 , he formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427 : I H589 am the LORD H3068 ; and there is none H369 else H5750 .
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19. I have not spoken in secret, somewhere in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob: Seek Me in a wasteland. I, the LORD, speak truthfully; I say what is right.
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19. I have not H3808 spoken H1696 in secret H5643 , in a dark H2822 place H4725 of the earth H776 : I said H559 not H3808 unto the seed H2233 of Jacob H3290 , Seek H1245 ye me in vain H8414 : I H589 the LORD H3068 speak H1696 righteousness H6664 , I declare H5046 things that are right H4339 .
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20. "Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols, and pray to a god who cannot save, have no knowledge.
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20. Assemble yourselves H6908 and come H935 ; draw near H5066 together H3162 , ye that are escaped H6412 of the nations H1471 : they have no knowledge H3045 H3808 that set up H5375 H853 the wood H6086 of their graven image H6459 , and pray H6419 unto H413 a god H410 that cannot H3808 save H3467 .
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21. Speak up and present your case-- yes, let them take counsel together. Who predicted this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is no one except Me.
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21. Tell H5046 ye , and bring them near H5066 ; yea H637 , let them take counsel H3289 together H3162 : who H4310 hath declared H8085 this H2063 from ancient time H4480 H6924 ? who hath told H5046 it from that time H4480 H227 ? have not H3808 I H589 the LORD H3068 ? and there is no H369 God H430 else H5750 beside H4480 H1107 me ; a just H6662 God H410 and a Savior H3467 ; there is none H369 beside H2108 me.
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22. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.
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22. Look H6437 unto H413 me , and be ye saved H3467 , all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth H776 : for H3588 I H589 am God H410 , and there is none H369 else H5750 .
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23. By Myself I have sworn; Truth has gone from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow to Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
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23. I have sworn H7650 by myself , the word H1697 is gone out H3318 of my mouth H4480 H6310 in righteousness H6666 , and shall not H3808 return H7725 , That H3588 unto me every H3605 knee H1290 shall bow H3766 , every H3605 tongue H3956 shall swear H7650 .
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24. It will be said to Me: Only in the LORD is righteousness and strength." All who are incensed against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
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24. Surely H389 , shall one say H559 , in the LORD H3068 have I righteousness H6666 and strength H5797 : even to H5704 him shall men come H935 ; and all H3605 that are incensed H2734 against him shall be ashamed H954 .
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25. All the descendants of Israel will be justified and find glory through the LORD.
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25. In the LORD H3068 shall all H3605 the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 be justified H6663 , and shall glory H1984 .
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