28WHO SAYS OF CYRUS SHEPHERD MY AND ALL DESIRE MY HE WILL PERFORM AND TO SAY OF JERUSALEM LET IT BE REBUILT AND [THE] TEMPLE LET IT BE REFOUNDED 28who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
1THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH TO ANOINTED HIS TO CYRUS WHOM I HAVE TAKEN HOLD ON RIGHT [HAND] HIS TO SUBDUE <TO> BEFORE HIM NATIONS AND [THE] LOINS OF KINGS I WILL LOOSEN TO OPEN <TO> BEFORE HIM DOORS AND GATES NOT THEY WILL BE SHUT God Calls Cyrus (2 Chronicles 36:22–23; Ezra 1:1–4) 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:
2I <TO> BEFORE YOU I WILL GO AND [THE] MOUNTAINOUS LAND<S> I WILL MAKE SMOOTH DOORS OF BRONZE I WILL BREAK AND BARS OF IRON I WILL CUT THROUGH 2“I will go before you and level the mountains;*NoteCloseDSS and LXX; MT level the terrain I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
3AND I WILL GIVE TO YOU TREASURES OF DARKNESS AND HIDDEN TREASURES OF SECRET PLACES SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT I [AM] YAHWEH WHO CALLS BY NAME YOUR [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL 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.
4FOR [THE] SAKE OF SERVANT MY JACOB AND ISRAEL CHOSEN ONE MY AND I SUMMONED <TO> YOU BY NAME YOUR I WILL GIVE A TITLE YOU AND NOT YOU KNOW ME 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.
5I [AM] YAHWEH AND THERE NOT [IS] YET BESIDES ME THERE NOT [IS] A GOD I WILL GIRD YOU AND NOT YOU 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,
6SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW FROM [THE] RISING OF [THE] SUN AND FROM SETTING PLACE ITS THAT NOTHING [IS] APART FROM ME I [AM] YAHWEH AND THERE NOT [IS] YET 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.
7[WHO] FORMS LIGHT AND [WHO] CREATES DARKNESS [WHO] BRINGS ABOUT WELL-BEING AND [WHO] CREATES CALAMITY I [AM] YAHWEH [WHO] DOES ALL THESE [THINGS] 7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
8DRIP DOWN O HEAVEN <FROM> ABOVE AND CLOUDS LET THEM FLOW RIGHTEOUSNESS LET IT OPEN UP [THE] EARTH SO THEY MAY BEAR FRUIT SALVATION AND RIGHTEOUSNESS LET IT CAUSE TO SPROUT TOGETHER I YAHWEH I HAVE CREATED IT 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.
9WOE TO! [ONE WHO] CONTENDS WITH [THE ONE WHO] FORMED HIM A POTSHERD WITH POTSHERDS OF [THE] GROUND ¿ DOES IT SAY CLAY TO [THE ONE WHO] FORMS IT WHAT? ARE YOU MAKING AND WORK YOUR NOT HANDS [BELONG] TO <THE> HIM 9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’*NoteCloseCited in Romans 9:20 Does your work say, ‘He has no hands
10WOE TO! [ONE WHO] SAYS TO A FATHER WHAT? ARE YOU FATHERING AND TO A WOMAN WHAT? ARE YOU IN LABOR WITH! 10Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
11THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] HOLY [ONE] OF ISRAEL AND [THE] [ONE WHO] FORMED IT THE COMING [THINGS] ASK ME ON CHILDREN MY AND ON [THE] WORK OF HANDS MY YOU COMMAND ME 11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
12I I MADE [THE] EARTH AND HUMANKIND ON IT I CREATED I HANDS MY THEY STRETCHED OUT [THE] HEAVENS AND ALL HOST THEIR I COMMANDED 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.
13I I HAVE STIRRED UP HIM IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL WAYS HIS I WILL MAKE SMOOTH HE HE WILL BUILD CITY MY AND EXILE[S] MY HE WILL LET GO NOT FOR HIRE AND NOT FOR A BRIBE HE SAYS YAHWEH OF HOSTS 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.”
14THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] PRODUCE OF EGYPT AND [THE] TRAFFIC OF CUSH AND [THE] SABEANS PEOPLE OF STATURE TO YOU THEY WILL PASS OVER AND TO YOU THEY WILL BELONG BEHIND YOU THEY WILL WALK IN <THE> FETTERS THEY WILL PASS OVER AND TO YOU THEY WILL BOW DOWN TO YOU THEY WILL PRAY SURELY [IS] AMONG YOU GOD AND THERE NOT [IS] YET THERE NOT [ARE] GODS 14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,*NoteCloseThat is, the upper Nile region 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.’”
15TRULY YOU [ARE] A GOD [WHO] HIDES HIMSELF O GOD OF ISRAEL DELIVERER 15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
16THEY WILL BE ASHAMED AND ALSO THEY WILL BE PUT TO SHAME ALL OF THEM ALIKE THEY WILL WALK IN <THE> IGNOMINY CRAFTSMEN OF IMAGES 16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
17ISRAEL IT HAS BEEN SAVED BY YAHWEH A SALVATION OF EVERLASTINGNESS<ES> NOT YOU WILL BE ASHAMED AND NOT YOU WILL BE PUT TO SHAME UNTIL EVERLASTINGNESS<ES> OF PERPETUITY 17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
18FOR THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [WHO] CREATED THE HEAVENS HE [IS] <THE> GOD [WHO] FORMED THE EARTH AND [WHO] MADE IT HE HE ESTABLISHED IT NOT A WASTELAND HE CREATED IT TO DWELL IN HE FORMED IT I [AM] YAHWEH AND THERE NOT [IS] YET 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.
19NOT IN <THE> SECRECY I SPOKE IN A PLACE OF A LAND OF DARKNESS NOT I SAID TO [THE] OFFSPRING OF JACOB EMPTINESS SEEK ME I YAHWEH [AM] SPEAKING RIGHTEOUSNESS [I AM] DECLARING UPRIGHTNESS<ES> 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.
20GATHER TOGETHER AND COME DRAW NEAR TOGETHER O FUGITIVES OF THE NATIONS NOT THEY KNOW THOSE [WHO] CARRY <OBJ.> [THE] WOOD OF IDOL THEIR AND [THOSE WHO] PRAY TO A GOD [WHICH] NOT IT WILL SAVE 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.
21DECLARE AND BRING NEAR ALSO LET THEM TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER WHO? DID HE PROCLAIM THIS FROM ANTIQUITY FROM THEN DID HE DECLARE? IT ¿ NOT [WAS IT] I YAHWEH AND THERE NOT AGAIN [IS] A GOD <FROM> EXCEPT ME [IS] A GOD RIGHTEOUS AND A DELIVERER THERE NOT BESIDES ME 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.
22TURN TO ME AND BE SAVED O ALL [THE] ENDS OF [THE] EARTH FOR I [AM] GOD AND THERE NOT [IS] YET 22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
23BY MYSELF I SWEAR IT GOES FORTH FROM MOUTH MY RIGHTEOUSNESS A WORD AND NOT IT WILL RETURN THAT TO ME IT WILL BOW DOWN EVERY KNEE IT WILL SWEAR EVERY TONGUE 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.*NoteCloseLiterally every tongue will swear; LXX every tongue will swear by God; cited in Romans 14:11
24ONLY [ARE] IN YAHWEH OF ME ANYONE WILL SAY RIGHTEOUSNESS<ES> AND STRENGTH TO HIM EVERYONE WILL GO AND THEY MAY BE ASHAMED ALL THOSE [WHO] ARE ANGRY WITH HIM 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.
25BY YAHWEH THEY WILL BE JUSTIFIED AND THEY MAY BOAST ALL [THE] OFFSPRING OF ISRAEL 25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.