{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/45","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:44:33.953Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":45,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":44,"nextChapter":46,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, am the God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I am Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It is I that have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ..."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. ..."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it, not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is none else."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 45 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 45](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/45)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/45 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}