1Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
2I will go before thee,
3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
4For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect,
5I am the Lord, and there is none else,
6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,
7I form the light, and create darkness:
8Drop down, ye heavens, from above,
9Woe unto him that striveth with his maker!
10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou?
11Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his maker,
12I have made the earth,
13I have raised him up in righteousness,
14Thus saith the Lord,
15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself,
16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them:
17But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation:
18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens;
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth:
20Assemble yourselves and come;
21Tell ye, and bring them near;
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
23I have sworn by myself,
24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength:
25In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.