1. The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him,to disarm kings, to open the doors before himand the gates will not be shut:
2. “I will go before youand level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doorsand cut the iron bars in two.
3. I will give you the treasures of darknessand riches from secret places, so that you may know that I, Yahweh,the God of Israel call you by your name.
4. I call you by your name,because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one.I give a name to you,though you do not know Me.
5. I am Yahweh, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will strengthen you,though you do not know Me,
6. so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its settingthat there is no one but Me. I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
7. I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these things.
8. “Heavens, sprinkle from above,and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open upso that salvation will sproutand righteousness will spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
9. “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker —one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it,‘What are you making?’ Or does your work say,‘He has no hands’?
10. How absurd is the one who says to his father,‘What are you fathering?’or to his mother,‘What are you giving birth to? ’ ”
11. This is what the Lord,the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says:“Ask Me what is to happen to My sons, and instruct Me about the work of My hands.
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.
13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him.He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,”says the Lord of Hosts.
14. This is what the Lord says:The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cushand the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours;they will follow you,they will come over in chainsand bow down to you.They will confess to you:God is indeed with you, and there is no other;there is no other God.
15. Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior.
16. All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; the makers of idols go in humiliation together.