1 This is what the Lord says about Cyrus, his anointed one:
2 I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places.
3 I will give you treasures from dark places and hidden stockpiles.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other.
6 so that from the east to the west people will know
7 I make light and create darkness.
8 Rain down from above, you heavens,
9 How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker.
10 How horrible it will be for the one
11 The Lord is the Holy One and the maker of Israel.
12 I made the earth and created humans on it.
13 I prepared Cyrus for my righteous purpose.
14 This is what the Lord says:
15 Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself.
16 Those who make idols will be ashamed and disgraced.
17 Israel has been saved by the Lord forever.
18 The Lord created the heavens.
19 I haven’t spoken privately or in some dark corner of the world.
20 Come here, you refugees from the nations.
21 Speak and present your case. Yes, let them consult one another.
22 Turn to me and be saved, all who live at the ends of the earth,
23 I have bound myself with an oath.
24 It will be said of me,
25 All the descendants of Israel will be declared righteous,