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\c 45
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\p
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\q1
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\v 1 This is what Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold,
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\q1 in order to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings,
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\q1 and to open the doors before him, so that gates remain open:
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 "I will go before you and level the mountains;
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\q1 I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut in pieces their iron bars,
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\q1
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\v 3 and I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden away,
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\q1 that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, I, the God of Israel.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen,
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\q1 I have called you by your name: giving you a title of honor, though you have not known me.
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\q1
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\v 5 I am Yahweh, and there is no other; there is no God but me.
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\q1 I will arm you for battle, though you have not known me;
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\q1
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\v 6 that people may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no god but me:
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\q1 I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 I form the light and create darkness;
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\q1 I bring peace and create disaster; I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
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\p
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\q1
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\v 8 You heavens, rain down from above! Let the skies rain down righteous salvation.
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\q1 Let the earth absorb it, that salvation may sprout up,
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\q1 and righteousness spring up together with it. I, Yahweh, have created them both.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 Woe to anyone that argues with his maker! An earthen potshard among all the earthen potshards in the ground!
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\q1 Should the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' or, 'What you were making—did you have no hands when you did it?'
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you fathering?' or to a woman, 'What are you giving birth to?'
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\s5
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\p
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\q1
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\v 11 This is what Yahweh says, the Holy One of Israel, her Maker:
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\q1 'Concerning things to come, do you question me about my children? Do you tell me what to do concerning the work of my hands?'
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 12 'I made the earth and created man on it.
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\q1 It was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all the stars to appear.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 I stirred Cyrus up in righteousness, and I will smooth out all his paths.
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\q1 He will build my city; he will let my exiled people go home, and not for price nor bribe,'" says Yahweh of hosts.
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\s5
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\p
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\q1
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\v 14 This is what Yahweh says,
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\q1 "The earnings of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia with the Sabeans, men of tall stature,
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\q1 will be brought to you. They will be yours. They will follow after you, coming in chains.
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\q1 They will bow down to you and plead with you saying,
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\q1 'Surely God is with you, and there is no other except him.'"
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\q1
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\v 15 Truly you are a God who hides yourself, God of Israel, Savior.
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\q1
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\v 16 They will all be ashamed and disgraced together; those who carve idols will walk in humiliation.
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\q1
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\v 17 But Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation;
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\q1 you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.
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\p
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\q1
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\v 18 This is what Yahweh says, who created the heavens, the true God
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\q1 who created the earth and made it, who established it.
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\q1 He created it, not as a waste, but designed it to be inhabited:
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\q1 "I am Yahweh, and I have no peer.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 19 I have not spoken in private, in some hidden place;
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\q1 I did not say to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!'
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\q1 I am Yahweh, who speaks sincerely; I declare the things that are right.
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\s5
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\p
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\q1
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\v 20 Assemble yourselves and come! Gather together, you refugees from among the nations!
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\q1 They have no knowledge, those who carry carved images and pray to gods who cannot save.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 21 Come close and declare it to me, bring the evidence! Let them conspire together.
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\q1 Who has shown this from long ago? Who announced it?
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\q1 Was it not I, Yahweh? And there is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one
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besides me.
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\q1
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\v 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
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\q1 for I am God, and there is no other god.
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\q1
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\v 23 'By myself I swear,
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\q1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back:
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\q1 To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear,
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\v 24 Saying, "In Yahweh alone are salvation and strength."'"
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\q1 All who are angry with him will cringe before him in shame.
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\v 25 In Yahweh all the descendants of Israel will be justified; they will take pride in him.
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