1The LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their armour, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
2“I will go before you
3I will give you the treasures of darkness
4For Jacob my servant’s sake,
5I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
6that they may know from the rising of the sun,
7I form the light
8Rain, you heavens, from above,
9Woe to him who strives with his Maker—
10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’
11The LORD, the Holy One of Israel
12I have made the earth, and created man on it.
13I have raised him up in righteousness,
14The LORD says: “The labour of Egypt,
15Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself,
16They will be disappointed,
17Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation.
18For the LORD who created the heavens,
19I have not spoken in secret,
20“Assemble yourselves and come.
21Declare and present it.
22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
23I have sworn by myself.
24They will say of me,
25All the offspring of Israel will be justified in the LORD,