Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Isa 45:1 |
"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: |
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Isa 45:2 |
'I will go before you And make the crooked places [fn] straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron. |
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Isa 45:3 |
I 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. |
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Isa 45:4 |
For 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. |
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Isa 45:5 |
I [am] the LORD, and [there is] no other; [There is] no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, |
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Isa 45:6 |
That 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; |
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Isa 45:7 |
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these [things].' |
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Isa 45:8 |
"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. |
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Isa 45:9 |
"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'? |
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Isa 45:10 |
Woe to him who says to [his] father, 'What are you begetting?' Or to the woman, 'What have you brought forth?' " |
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Isa 45:11 |
Thus 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. |
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Isa 45:12 |
I have made the earth, And created man on it. I--My hands--stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. |
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Isa 45:13 |
I 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. |
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Isa 45:14 |
Thus 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.' " |
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Isa 45:15 |
Truly You [are] God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior! |
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Isa 45:16 |
They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, [Who are] makers of idols. |
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Isa 45:17 |
[But] Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever. |
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Isa 45:18 |
For 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. |
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Isa 45:19 |
I 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. |
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Isa 45:20 |
"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. |
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Isa 45:21 |
Tell 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. |
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Isa 45:22 |
"Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I [am] God, and [there is] no other. |
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Isa 45:23 |
I 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. |
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Isa 45:24 |
He 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. |
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Isa 45:25 |
In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.' " |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (45:2) Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint read mountains; Targum reads I will trample down the walls; Vulgate reads I will humble the great ones of the earth.
