| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: | 1This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed: |
| 2"I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. | 2 "I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars. |
| 3"I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. | 3I'll give you concealed treasures and riches hidden in secret places, so that you'll know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. |
| 4"For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me. | 4For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me. |
| 5"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; | 5I am the LORD, and there is no other besides me: and there are no gods. I'm strengthening you, although you have not acknowledged me, |
| 6That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, | 6so that from the sun's rising to the west people may know that there is none besides me. "I am the LORD, and there is no other." |
| 7The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. | 7"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things. |
| 8"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it. | 8"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, 'Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.' |
| 9"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands '? | 9"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no human hands?'! |
| 10"Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'" | 10Woe to the one who says to his father, 'What are you begetting?' or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'!" |
| 11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands. | 11This is what the Lord says, the Creator of the signs: "Question me about my children? Or give me orders about the work of my hands? |
| 12"It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host. | 12I myself made the earth and personally created humankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the skies; I marshaled all their starry hosts." |
| 13"I have aroused him in righteousness And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of hosts. | 13"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 14Thus says the LORD, "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 walk behind you, they will come over in chains And will bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: 'Surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God.'" | 14This is what the LORD says: "The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, those Sabeans, men of great heights. They'll come over to you and will be yours; They'll trudge behind you— coming over in chains, they'll bow down to you. They'll plead with you, 'Surely God is in you; and there is no other God at all.'" |
| 15Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior! | 15"Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. |
| 16They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation. | 16All of them will be put to shame—indeed, disgraced! The makers of idols will go off in disgrace together. |
| 17Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity. | 17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you won't be put to shame or disgraced ever again." |
| 18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else. | 18For this is what the LORD says, who created the heavens— he is God, and the one who formed the earth and made it, and he is the one who established it; he didn't create it for chaos, but formed it to be inhabited— "I am the LORD and there is no other. |
| 19"I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are upright. | 19I didn't speak in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I didn't say to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in chaos.' I, the LORD, speak truth, declaring what is right. |
| 20"Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save. | 20"Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save. |
| 21"Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me. | 21Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me. |
| 22"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. | 22Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other. |
| 23"I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance. | 23By myself I have sworn— from my mouth has gone out integrity, a promise that won't be revoked: 'To me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear. ' |
| 24"They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame. | 24One will say of me, 'Only in the LORD are victories and might.' All who raged against him will come to him and will be put to shame. |
| 25"In the LORD all the offspring of Israel Will be justified and will glory." | 25In the LORD all the descendants of Israel will triumph and make their boast." |
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