1 Thus saith the Lord to my christ Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken to subdue the Gentiles before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
1 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
2 I will go before thee, and will humble the glorious of the earth: I will break the brazen gates, and will burst the iron bars.
2 I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.
3 And I will give thee hidden treasures, and mysteries of secrets: that thou mayst know that I am the Lord, which call thy name, the God of Israel.
3 And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.
4 For my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, and I have called thee by thy name: I have resembled thee, and thou hast not known me.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me.
5 I the Lord, & there is none else: beside me there is no God: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:
5 I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:
6 that they which are from the rising of the sun, and which are from the west may know, that there is none beside me, I the Lord, and there is none other,
6 That they may know who are from the rising of the sun, and they who are from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else:
7 that form light, and create darkness, make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
7 I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
8 Drop dew ye heavens from above, and let the clouds rain the just: be the earth opened, & bud forth a saviour: & let justice spring up withal: I the Lord have created him.
8 Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a savior: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.
9 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What makest thou, & thy work is without hands?
9 ¹Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
10 Woe to him that saith to his father: Why doest thou beget? And to the woman: Why doest thou travail?
10 Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? And to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
11 Thus saith our Lord the holy one of Israel, the maker thereof: Ask me things to come: concerning my children & the work of my hands command you me.
11 Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
12 I made the earth: & man upon the same I have created: my hands stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
12 I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
13 I have raised him up to justice, & will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, & dismiss my captivity: not for price, nor for gifts, saith our Lord the God of hosts.
13 I have raised him up to justice, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and let go my captives, not for ransom, nor for presents, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
14 Thus saith our Lord: The labour of Ægypt, and the merchandise of Æthiopia, and of Sabaim the high men shall pass to thee, & shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: & they shall adore thee, & shall beseech thee: Only in thee is God, and there is no God beside thee.
14 Thus saith the Lord: The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.
15 Verily thou art God hidden, the God of Israel a saviour.
15 Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the savior.
16 They are all confounded, and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.
16 They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.
17 Israel is saved in our Lord with eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.
17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed forever and ever.
18 Because thus saith our Lord that created the heavens, the very God that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: to be inhabited he formed it. I the Lord, and there is none other.
18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.
20 Gather ye together, and come, and approach together ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have been ignorant that lift up the wood of their graven work, and ask of a god that saveth not.
20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
21 Declare ye, and come, and consult together: who hath made this to be heard from the beginning, from that time foretold this? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God besides but I? A just God, and that saveth there is none beside me.
21 Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning? Who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a savior, there is none besides me.
22 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved all ye ends of the earth: because I am God, and there is none other.
22 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall proceed out of my mouth, and shall not return, because every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
24 Therefore in our Lord, shall he say, are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him, shall be confounded.
24 ²For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
25 In our Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.
25 Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.