Isaiah 45 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 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: (Job 12:21; Isa 22:21; Isa 41:13; Isa 44:28; Isa 45:5)

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2 “I will go before you and level the exalted places,^[1] I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, (Ps 107:16; Isa 40:4) 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. (Isa 43:1; Jer 50:37; Jer 51:13) 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. (Isa 45:3; Isa 62:2) 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, (Job 12:21; Isa 22:21; Isa 44:8) 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. (Isa 37:20; Mal 1:11) 7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things. (Isa 41:23; Am 3:6) 8 “Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it. (De 32:2; Ps 85:11; Ho 10:12) 9 “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’? (Ec 6:10; Isa 10:15; Isa 64:8; Ro 9:20)

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10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’” 11 Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?^[2] (Isa 29:23; Isa 41:23; Isa 64:8; Jer 31:9; Eze 39:7)

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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. (Ge 2:1; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24; Jer 27:5)

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13 I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts. (Isa 41:2; Isa 44:28; Isa 45:2; Isa 49:25; Isa 51:14; Isa 52:3)

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The Lord, the Only Savior

14 Thus says the Lord: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will plead with you, saying: ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.’” (Isa 14:2; Isa 43:3) 15 Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. (Isa 57:17) 16 All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together. (Isa 42:17) 17 But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity. (Isa 54:4) 18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other. (Ge 1:2; Ps 115:16; Isa 42:5) 19 I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’^[3] I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right. (De 30:11; Isa 45:23; Isa 48:16; Jer 29:13)

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20 “Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. (Isa 41:1; Isa 44:17; Isa 44:18; Isa 46:1; Isa 46:7; Isa 48:5; Jer 10:5)

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21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. (Isa 41:22; Isa 41:26; Isa 43:9; Isa 43:11)

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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. (Isa 11:12; Isa 43:5) 23 By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’^[4] (Ge 22:16; Isa 45:19; Ro 14:11; Php 2:10)

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24 “Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him. (Isa 26:4; Isa 41:11; Isa 44:8) 25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.”

الكتاب المقدس

1 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ لِكُورَشَ مُخْتَارِهِ، الَّذِي أَخَذْتُ بِيَمِينِهِ حَتَّى أُخْضِعَ أَمَامَهُ أُمَماً وَأَكْسِرَ شَوْكَةَ مُلُوكٍ، لأَفْتَحَ أَمَامَهُ كُوَّاتٍ وَلا تُوْصَدُ فِي وَجْهِهِ مَصَارِيعُ. 2 هَا أَنَا أَتَقَدَّمُكَ لأُسَوِّيَ الْجِبَالَ بِالأَرْضِ وَأُحَطِّمَ أَبْوَابَ النُّحَاسِ، وَأُكَسِّرَ مَغَالِيقَ الْحَدِيدِ، 3 وَأَهَبَكَ كُنُوزَ الأَقْبِيَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ وَذَخَائِرَ الْمَخَابِئِ، لِتَعْرِفَ أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ بِاسْمِكَ. 4 لأَجْلِ عَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مُخْتَارِي دَعَوْتُكَ بِاسْمِكَ، لَقَّبْتُكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَعْرِفَنِي. 5 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَلا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي. لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ آخَرُ، شَدَّدْتُكَ مَعَ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَعْرِفْنِي. 6 حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ وَمِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ آخَرُ. 7 أَنَا مُبْدِعُ النُّورِ وَخَالِقُ الظُّلْمَةِ، أَنَا صَانِعُ الْخَيْرِ وَخَالِقُ الضُّرِّ، أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ فَاعِلُ كُلِّ هَذِهِ. 8 اهْطِلِي أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَأَمْطِرِي يَا غُيُومُ بِرّاً، لِتَنْفَتِحِ الأَرضُ حَتَّى يُثْمِرَ الْخَلاصُ، وَيَنْبُتَ الْبِرُّ. أَنَا خَلَقْتُهُ. 9 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُخَاصِمُ صَانِعَهُ وَهُوَ لَيْسَ سِوَى قِطْعَةِ خَزَفٍ مِنْ خَزَفِ الأَرْضِ. أَيَقُولُ الطِّينُ لِجَابِلِهِ: مَاذَا تَصْنَعُ؟ أَوْ إِنَّ مَا عَمِلْتَهُ تَنْقُصُهُ يَدَانِ؟ 10 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَقُولُ لِوَالِدٍ: مَاذَا أَنْجَبْتَ؟ أَوْ لأُمٍّ: بِمَاذَا تَتَمَخَّضِينَ؟ 11 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَصَانِعُهُ: أَتَسْأَلُونَنِي فِي سِيَاقِ الأَحْدَاثِ الآتِيَةِ عَنْ أَبْنَائِي، أَمْ تُوصُونَنِي بِعَمَلِ يَدِي؟ 12 لَقَدْ صَنَعْتُ الأَرْضَ وَخَلَقْتُ الإِنْسَانَ عَلَيْهَا، وَيَدَايَ هُمَا اللَّتَانِ بَسَطَتَا السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَأَنَا أَمَرْتُ كَوَاكِبَهَا. 13 أَنَا أَقَمْتُ كُورُشَ لِيُجْرِيَ الْعَدْلَ، وَأَنَا أُمَهِّدُ طُرُقَهُ كُلَّهَا، فَيَبْنِي مَدِينَتِي وَيُطْلِقُ سَرَاحَ أَسْرَاي، لَا بِثَمَنٍ وَلا لِقَاءَ مُكَافَأَةٍ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ. 14 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: يَأْتِي إِلَيْكُمُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَالْكُوشِيُّونَ وَالسَّبَئِيُّونَ بِكُلِّ مَا يَمْلِكُونَهُ مِنْ ثَرْوَاتٍ، وَيَضَعُونَهَا عِنْدَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ، وَيَصِيرُونَ رَعَايَاكُمْ، يَمْشُونَ خَلْفَكُمْ مُصَفَّدِينَ بِالأَغْلالِ، وَيَخُرُّونَ سَاجِدِينَ أَمَامَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: حَقّاً إنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكُمْ ولا إِلَهَ سِوَى إِلَهِكُمْ. هُوَ وَحْدَهُ الإِلَهُ لَا غَيْرَهُ. 15 حَقّاً أَنْتَ هُوَ إِلَهٌ يَحْجِبُ نَفْسَهُ، إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُخَلِّصُ. 16 لَقَدْ خَزُوا وَخَجِلُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ، وَمَضَى صَانِعُو الأَصْنَامِ وَهُمْ يَجُرُّونَ أَذْيَالَ الْعَارِ. 17 أَمَّا إِسْرَائِيلُ فَقَدْ خَلَّصَهُ الرَّبُّ بِخَلاصٍ أَبَدِيٍّ، وَلَنْ يَلْحَقَكُمْ عَارٌ أَوْ خِزْيٌ مَدَى الدُّهُورِ، 18 لأَنَّ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ خَالِقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، إِنَّهُ اللهُ مَكَوِّنُ الأَرْضِ وَصَانِعُهَا، وَمُرْسِي قَوَاعِدِهَا: لَمْ يَخْلُقْهَا لِتَكُونَ خَوَاءً، بَلْ لِتُصْبِحَ آهِلَةً بِسُكَّانِهَا. أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ آخَرُ. 19 لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ خِفْيَةً بِكَلامِي فِي أَرْضِ الْظُّلْمَةِ، وَلَمْ أَطْلُبْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْ يَلْتَمِسُونِي بَاطِلاً. أَنَا الرَّبُّ النَّاطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ، أُعْلِنُ مَا هُوَ صِدْقٌ. 20 اجْتَمِعُوا وَتَعَالَوْا. اقْتَرِبُوا مَعاً أَيُّهَا النَّاجُونَ مِنَ الأُمَمِ، فَإِنَّ الْجُهَّالَ وَحْدَهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الأَصْنَامَ الْخَشَبِيَّةَ وَيُوَاظِبُونَ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ لإِلَهٍ لَا يُخَلِّصُ. 21 أَعْلِنُوا، وَاعْرِضُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ. لِيَتَشَاوَرُوا مَعاً. مَنْ أَنْبَأَ بِهَذَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ، وَمَنْ أَخْبَرَ بِهِ مِنْ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ؟ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الرَّبُّ وَلا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي؟ بَارٌّ وَمُخَلِّصٌ، وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ آخَرُ. 22 الْتَفِتُوا إِلَيَّ وَاخْلُصُوا يَا جَمِيعَ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، لأَنِّي أَنَا اللهُ وَلَيسَ هُنَاكَ آخَرُ. 23 لَقَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِذَاتِي، وَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ فَمِي، بِكُلِّ صِدْقٍ، كَلِمَةٌ لَا تُنْقَضُ: إِنَّهُ سَتَجْثُو لِي كُلُّ رُكْبَةٍ وَيُقْسِمُ بِي كُلُّ لِسَانٍ. 24 وَيَقُولُونَ عَنِّي: إِنَّمَا بِالرَّبِّ وَحْدَهُ الْبِرُّ وَالْقُوَّةُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَغْتَاظُ مِنْه يَأْتِي إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَيَخْزَى. 25 أَمَّا ذُرِّيَّةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَبِالرَّبِّ يَتَبَرَّرُونَ وَبِهِ يَزْهُونَ.