Isaiah 45:1–8

Thus saith the Lord to ahis anointed, to Cyrus,

Whose bright hand I ||have holden,

cTo subdue nations before him;

And dI will loose the loins of kings,

To open before him the two leaved gates;

And the gates shall not be shut;

2  I will go before thee,

And emake the crooked places straight:

fI will break in pieces the gates of brass,

fAnd cut in sunder the bars of iron:

3  And I will give thee gthe treasures of darkness,

And hhidden riches of secret places,

That thou mayest know that I, the Lord, iwhich call thee kby thy name, am lthe God of Israel.

4  For mJacob my servant’s sake, and mIsrael mine elect,

I have even icalled thee kby thy name:

I have nsurnamed thee, though thou hast onot known me.

5  pI am the Lord, and pthere is none else,

There is no God beside me:

qI girded thee, othough thou hast not known me:

6  rThat they may know sfrom the rising of the sun, and from the west,

That pthere is none beside me.

pI am the Lord, and there is none else.

7  I form the light, and tcreate darkness:

I make peace, and ucreate evil:

I the Lord do all these things.

8  vDrop down, ye heavens, from above,

And vlet the skies pour down wrighteousness:

Let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,

And let wrighteousness spring up together;

I the Lord have created it.