Isaiah 45:1-7 ▼

1 This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed:

2 |I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

3 I'll give you concealed treasures and riches hidden in secret places, so that you'll know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

4 For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me.

5 I am the LORD, and there is no other besides me: and there are no gods. I'm strengthening you, although you have not acknowledged me,

6 so that from the sun's rising to the west people may know that there is none besides me. |I am the LORD, and there is no other.|

7 |I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.