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| Isaiah 45:1 |
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Thus 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: |
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| Isaiah 45:2 |
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"I will go before you and make the rough places
smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. |
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| Isaiah 45:3 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:4 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:5 |
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"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; |
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| Isaiah 45:6 |
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That 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,
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| Isaiah 45:7 |
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The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. |
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God's Supreme Power |
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| Isaiah 45:8 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:9 |
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"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'? |
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| Isaiah 45:10 |
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"Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are
you begetting?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'" |
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| Isaiah 45:11 |
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Thus 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. |
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| Isaiah 45:12 |
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"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.
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| Isaiah 45:13 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:14 |
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Thus 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.'" |
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| Isaiah 45:15 |
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Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God
of Israel, Savior! |
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| Isaiah 45:16 |
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They will be put to shame and even humiliated,
all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation. |
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| Isaiah 45:17 |
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Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting
salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity. |
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| Isaiah 45:18 |
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For 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. |
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| Isaiah 45:19 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:20 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:21 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:22 |
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"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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| Isaiah 45:23 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:24 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 45:25 |
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"In the LORD all the offspring of Israel Will
be justified and will glory." |
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