1Thus saith Jehovah 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 the doors before him , and the gates shall not be shut : 2I will go before thee , and make the rough places smooth ; I will break in pieces the doors 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 it is I , Jehovah , who call thee by thy name , even the God of Israel . 4For Jacob my servant ’s sake , and Israel my chosen , I have called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me . 5I am Jehovah , and there is none else ; besides me there is no God . I will gird 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 besides me : I am Jehovah , and there is none else . 7I form the light, and create darkness ; I make peace , and create evil ; I am Jehovah , that doeth all these things .
The Uniqueness of God
8Distil , ye heavens , from above , and let the skies pour down righteousness : let the earth open , that it may bring forth salvation , and let it cause righteousness to spring up together ; I , Jehovah , have created it . 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker ! a potsherd among 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 a father , What begettest thou ? or to a woman , With what travailest thou ? 11Thus saith Jehovah , the Holy One of Israel , and his Maker : Ask me of the things that are 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 make straight all his ways : he shall build my city , and he shall let my exiles go free , not for price nor reward , saith Jehovah of hosts . 14Thus saith Jehovah , The labor of Egypt , and the merchandise of Ethiopia , and the Sabeans , men of stature , shall come over unto thee , and they shall be thine: they shall go 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 .
God's Plan for Israel and the Nations
16They shall be put to shame , yea , confounded , all of them ; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols . 17But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation : ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end . 18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens , the God that formed the earth and made it , that established it and created it not a waste , that formed it to be inhabited : I am Jehovah ; and there is none else . 19I have not spoken in secret , in a place of the land of darkness ; I said not unto the seed of Jacob , Seek ye me in vain : I , Jehovah , 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 carry the wood of their graven image , and pray unto a god that cannot save . 21Declare ye , and bring it forth ; yea, let them take counsel together : who hath showed this from ancient time ? who hath declared it of old ? have not I , Jehovah ? and there is no God else besides me , a just God and a Saviour ; there is none besides me . 22Look unto me , and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else . 23By myself have I sworn , the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness , and shall not return , that unto me every knee shall bow , every tongue shall swear . 24Only in Jehovah , it is said of me , is righteousness and strength ; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame. 25In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified , and shall glory .