[1] Shall write with his hand THE LORD'S.--_Kay._
[2] 7. And who, as I, can ordain, and announce
it, and set it in order for me, ever since I appointed
the ancient people? and coming things,
and those which shall come, can they show
unto them?--_Kay._
And who, as I, hath foretold (let him declare it, and set
it in order for me!) since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things that are coming, and that shall come, let
them show!--_Matthew Arnold._
[3] The iron-smith (maketh) an adze, and worketh it in the
coal.--_Kay._
[4] 14. He must cut down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the
oak, and he encourageth himself in the trees of the
forest.--_Kay._
[5] 22. I have swept away as a cloud thy transgressions, and as
a dark cloud thy sins.--_Kay._
I blot out, as a dark cloud, thy transgressions, and, as
the clouds, thy sins.--_Revised English Bible._
XLV.--1. Thus saith Jehovah to His anointed, to Koresh, whom I have
taken by his right hand to subdue nations before him, and the loins
of kings I ungird, to open before him doors and gates, that they may
not continue shut. 2. I shall go before thee, and level what is
heaped up: gates of brass shall I break to pieces, and bolts of iron
shall I smite to the ground. 3. And I shall give thee treasures of
darkness, and jewels of hidden places, that thou mayest know that I
Jehovah am He who called out thy name, (even) the God of Israel.
4. For the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen, I called
thee hither by name, surnamed thee when thou knewest Me not. 5. I
Jehovah, and there is none else, beside Me no God: I equipped thee
when thou knewest Me not; 6. that they may know from the rising of
the sun, and its going down, that there is none without Me; I
Jehovah, and there is none else; 7. Former of the light, and Creator
of the darkness; Founder of peace, and Creator of evil: I Jehovah am
He Who worketh all this.
8. Cause to trickle down, ye heavens above, and let the blue sky rain
down righteousness; let the earth open, and let salvation blossom,
and righteousness; let them sprout together, I Jehovah have created
it.
9. Woe to him that quarreleth with his Maker--a pot among the pots of
earthenware! Can the clay indeed say to him that shapeth it, What
makest thou? and thy work, He hath no hands? 10. Woe to him that
saith to his father, What begettest thou? and to the woman, What
bringest thou forth?
11. Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker, Ask Me
what is to come; let My sons and the work of My hands be committed to
Me! 12. I, I have made the earth, and created men upon it; I, My
hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I
called forth. 13. I, I have raised him up in righteousness, and all
his ways shall I make smooth: he will build My city, and release My
banished ones, not for price nor for reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.
14. Thus saith Jehovah, The productions of Egypt, and gain of
Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of tall stature, will come over to
thee, and belong to thee; they will come after thee; in chains they
will come over, and cast themselves down to thee; they pray to thee,
Surely God is in thee, and there is none else; no Deity at all.
15. Verily Thou art a mysterious God, Thou God of Israel, Thou
Saviour.
16. They are put to shame, and also confounded, all of them; they go
away into confusion together, the forgers of idols. 17. Israel is
redeemed by Jehovah with everlasting redemption; ye are not put to
shame nor confounded to everlasting eternities.
18. For thus saith Jehovah, the Creator of the heavens (He is the
Deity), the Former of the earth, and its Finisher; He has established
it, He has not created it a desert, He has formed it to be inhabited;
I am Jehovah, and there is none else. 19. I have not spoken in
secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I did not say to the seed
of Jacob, Into the desert seek ye me! I Jehovah am speaking
righteousness, proclaiming upright things.
20. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye escaped of
the heathen! Irrational are they who burden themselves with the wood
of their idol, and pray to a god that bringeth no salvation. 21. Make
known, and cause to draw near; yes, let them take counsel together:
Who has made such things known from the olden time, proclaimed it
long ago? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no Deity beside Me; God
just, and bringing salvation; there is none without Me!
22. Turn unto Me, and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth; for I am
God, and none else. 23. By Myself have I sworn, a word has gone out
of My mouth of righteousness, and will not return, That to Me every
knee shall bend, every tongue swear. 24.[1] Only in Jehovah, do men
say of Me, in fulness of Righteousness and strength; they come to
Him, and all that were incensed against Him are put to shame. 25. In
Jehovah all the seed of Israel shall become righteous, and shall
glory.