23:044:027 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
23:044:028 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd,
and shall perform all
my
pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt
be built;
and
to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
23:045:001 Thus saith the lord 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
gates;
and the gates shall not be shut;
23:045:002 I will go before thee, and make the crooked
places straight: I
will
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder
the
bars
of iron:
23:045:003 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
and hidden
riches
of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the
lord,
which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
23:045:004 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and
Israel mine elect, I have
even
called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee,
though
thou
hast not known me.
23:045:005 I am the lord, and there is none else,
there is no God beside
me:
I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
23:045:006 That they may know from the rising of the
sun, and from the
west,
that there is none beside me. I am the lord,
and there
is
none else.
23:045:007 I form the light, and create darkness:
I make peace, and
create
evil: I the lord do all these things.
23:045:008 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and
let the skies pour down
righteousness:
let the earth open, and let them bring forth
salvation,
and let righteousness spring up together; I the
lord
have created it.
23:045:009 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Let the potsherd
strive
with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay
say to
him
that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work,
He hath
no
hands?
23:045:010 Woe unto him that saith unto his father,
What begettest thou?
or
to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
23:045:011 Thus saith the lord, the Holy One
of Israel, and his Maker,
Ask
me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning
the
work of my hands command ye me.
23:045:012 I have made the earth, and created man
upon it: I, even my
hands,
have stretched out the heavens, and all their host
have
I
commanded.
23:045:013 I have raised him up in righteousness,
and I will direct all
his
ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let
go my
captives,
not for price nor reward, saith the lord of hosts.


