Isaiah 45

Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their armor, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

“I will go before you

I will give you the treasures of darkness

For Jacob my servant’s sake,

I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.

that they may know from the rising of the sun,

I form the light

Rain, you heavens, from above,

Woe to him who strives with his Maker—

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel

I have made the earth, and created man on it.

I have raised him up in righteousness,

Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt,

Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself,

They will be disappointed,

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation.

For Yahweh who created the heavens,

I have not spoken in secret,

“Assemble yourselves and come.

Declare and present it.

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;

I have sworn by myself.

They will say of me,

All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh,