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Isaiah 45

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1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

11Thus saith 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 command ye me.

12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306816× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • לֹאlôʼH380814× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH58911× in this chapter

    I

  • כֹּלkôlH36059× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אַיִןʼayinH3699× in this chapter

    a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5599× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • בָּרָאbârâʼH12546× in this chapter

    (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

  • יָצַרyâtsarH33356× in this chapter

    to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34786× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4306× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • עוֹדʻôwdH57506× in this chapter

    properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30455× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34675× in this chapter

    properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

  • כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • אֵלʼêlH4105× in this chapter

    strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62135× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • יַחַדyachadH31624× in this chapter

    properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

  • כֹּהkôhH35414× in this chapter

    properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

  • אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • חֹשֶׁךְchôshekH28223× in this chapter

    the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

  • יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • מַעַןmaʻanH46163× in this chapter

    properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

  • נָגַדnâgadH50463× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter

    the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

  • אֶפֶסʼepheçH6573× in this chapter

    cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot

  • פָּתַחpâthachH66053× in this chapter

    to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

  • צֶדֶקtsedeqH66643× in this chapter

    the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

  • צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66663× in this chapter

    rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

  • שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80643× in this chapter

    the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

  • בּוּשׁbûwshH9543× in this chapter

    properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

  • בִּלְעֲדֵיbilʻădêyH11072× in this chapter

    except, without, besides

  • גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter

    a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

  • דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • דֶּלֶתdelethH18172× in this chapter

    something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

  • הוֹיhôwyH19452× in this chapter

    oh!

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