Isaiah 44:24-45:7 - ESV Online

ISAIAH 44:24-45:7

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Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,

who formed you from the womb:

“I am the Lord, who made all things,

who alone stretched out the heavens,

who spread out the earth by myself, 25

who frustrates the signs of liars

and makes fools of diviners,

who turns wise men back

and makes their knowledge foolish, 26

who confirms the word of his servant

and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’

and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,

and I will raise up their ruins’; 27

who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;

I will dry up your rivers’; 28

who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,

and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;

saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’

and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’” Cyrus, God’s Instrument

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Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and to loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed: 2

“I will go before you

and level the exalted places,

I will break in pieces the doors of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron, 3

I will give you the treasures of darkness

and the hoards in secret places,

that you may know that it is I, the Lord,

the God of Israel, who call you by your name. 4

For the sake of my servant Jacob,

and Israel my chosen,

I call you by your name,

I name you, though you do not know me. 5

I am the Lord, and there is no other,

besides me there is no God;

I equip you, though you do not know me, 6

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 create calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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