| 1. So said the Lord to His anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I held, to flatten nations before him, and the loins of kings I will loosen, to open portals before him, and gates shall not be closed. |
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| 2. I will go before you, and I will straighten out crooked paths; I will break portals of copper and cut off bars of iron. |
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| 3. And I will give you treasures of darkness, and riches hidden in secret places, in order that you know that I am the Lord Who calls [you] by your name-the Holy One of Israel. |
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| 4. For the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen one, and I called to you by your name; I surnamed you, yet you have not known Me. |
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| 5. I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God: I will strengthen you although you have not known Me. |
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| 6. In order that they know from the shining of the sun and from the west that there is no one besides Me; I am the Lord and there is no other. |
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| 7. Who forms light and creates darkness, Who makes peace and creates evil; I am the Lord, Who makes all these. |
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| 8. Cause the heavens above to drip, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let salvation and righteousness be fruitful; let it cause them to sprout together; I, the Lord, have created it. |
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| 9. Woe to him who contends with his Creator, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth, shall the clay say to its potter, "What do you make? And your work has no place." |
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| 10. Woe to him who says to a father, "What do you beget?" and to a woman, "Why do you experience birth pangs?" |
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| 11. So said the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Creator, "Ask Me about the signs; concerning My children and the work of My hands do you command Me? |
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יא. |
| 12. I made the earth, and I created man upon it; as for Me-My hands stretched out the heavens, and I ordained their host. |
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| 13. I aroused him with righteousness, and all his ways I will straighten out. He shall build My city and free My exiles, neither for a price nor for a bribe," said the Lord of Hosts. |
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| 14. So said the Lord, "The toil of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and shall be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains, and they shall prostrate themselves before you, they shall pray to you, "Only in you is God and there is no other god. |
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| 15. Indeed, You are a God Who conceals Himself, the God of Israel, the Savior. |
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| 16. They shall be ashamed, yea disgraced, all of them the master painters shall go together in disgrace. |
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| 17. Israel shall be saved by the Lord [with] an everlasting salvation; you shall neither be ashamed nor disgraced to all eternity. |
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| 18. For so said the Lord, the Creator of heaven, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, He established it; He did not create it for a waste, He formed it to be inhabited, "I am the Lord and there is no other. |
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| 19. Not in secret did I speak, in a place of a land of darkness; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me, in vain; I am the Lord, Who speaks righteousness, declares things that are right. |
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| 20. Assemble and come, approach together, you survivors of the nations; those who carry their graven wooden image and pray to a god who does not save, do not know. |
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| 21. Declare and present, let them even take counsel together; who announced this from before, [who] declared it from then? Is it not I, the Lord, and there are no other gods besides Me, a just and saving God there is not besides 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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| 23. By Myself I swore, righteousness emanated from My mouth, a word, and it shall not be retracted, that to Me shall every knee kneel, every tongue shall swear." |
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| 24. But to me did He say by the Lord righteousness and strength, to Him shall come and be ashamed all who are incensed against Him. |
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כד. |
| 25. Through the Lord shall all the seed of Israel find righteousness and boast. |
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