Isaiah 45 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Isaiah 45 ►

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1“Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the 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 crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.

2 "I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

3I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.

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.

4For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, 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.

5I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. 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 they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none 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."

7I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.’

7"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

8“Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. 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 him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork 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?'!

10Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

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 of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.

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?

12I have made the earth, And created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.

12I myself made the earth and personally created humankind upon it. My own hands stretched out the skies; I marshaled all their starry hosts."

13I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor 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 labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours; They shall walk behind you, They shall come over in chains; And they shall bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying, ‘Surely God is in you, And there is no other; There is 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 God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!

15"Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

16They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.

16All of them will be put to shame—indeed, disgraced! The makers of idols will go off in disgrace together.

17But Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.

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, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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.

19I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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“Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You who have escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god that 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.

21Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides 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“Look to Me, and be saved, All you 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.

23I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.

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. '

24He shall say, ‘Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.

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.

25In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.’ ”

25In the LORD all the descendants of Israel will triumph and make their boast."

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