| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: | 1Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: |
| 2“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. | 2“I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, |
| 3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. | 3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. |
| 4For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me. | 4For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me. |
| 5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, | 5I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, |
| 6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. | 6that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. |
| 7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. | 7I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things. |
| 8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. | 8“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it. |
| 9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? | 9“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’? |
| 10Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ” | 10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’” |
| 11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands? | 11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands? |
| 12It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host. | 12I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. |
| 13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.” | 13I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the LORD of hosts. |
| 14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’ ” | 14Thus says the LORD: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will plead with you, saying: ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.’” |
| 15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. | 15Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. |
| 16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. | 16All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together. |
| 17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting. | 17But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity. |
| 18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. | 18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the LORD, and there is no other. |
| 19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right. | 19I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right. |
| 20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. | 20“Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. |
| 21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. | 21Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. |
| 22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. | 22“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. |
| 23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance. | 23By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’ |
| 24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’ ” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame. | 24“Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him. |
| 25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult. | 25In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.” |
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