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Thus says Yahuah to His anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face and loose the loins of kings; to open before his face double doors, and gates shall not be shut:
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“I shall walk before your face and make level the elevated places. I shall break doors of bronze and cut through bars of iron.
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I shall give you treasures of darkness and riches of hidden places, that you may know that I am Yahuah, the One calling you by your name, Elohim of Yisra’el.
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For the sake of Yaaqov My servant and Yisra’el My Chosen One, I call you by your name; I surname you though you do not know Me.
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I am Yahuah, and there is no other; apart from Me there is no Elohim. I gird you though you do not know Me,
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so that they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none apart from Me. I am Yahuah, and there is no other;
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forming light and creating darkness, making shalom and creating evil. I, Yahuah, do all these.
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Drip, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down Righteousness. Let the earth open, and let Salvation bear fruit, and let Righteousness spring up together. I, Yahuah, created it.
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Woe to the one contending with the One who formed him— a potsherd among potsherds of the ground. Shall clay say to the one forming it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
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Woe to the one saying to a father, ‘What do you beget?’ or to an ishah, ‘What do you bring forth?’”
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Thus says Yahuah, the Holy One of Yisra’el and the One forming him: “Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons; and concerning the work of My hands, command Me.
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I made the earth and created Adam upon it. I—My hands—stretched the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
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I stirred him in Righteousness, and I shall make all his ways level. He shall build My city and release My exiles, not for price and not for reward,” says Yahuah of Hosts.
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Thus says Yahuah: “The labor of Mitzrayim and merchandise of Kush, and the tall men of Seva, shall pass over to you and become yours. Behind you they shall walk; in chains they shall pass over. To you they shall bow themselves; to you they shall pray: ‘Surely El is in you, and there is no other; there is no Elohim.’”
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Truly You are El who hides Himself, Elohim of Yisra’el, the Savior.
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All of them are ashamed and humiliated; together the craftsmen of images walk in humiliation.
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Yisra’el is saved by Yahuah with an everlasting Salvation. You shall not be ashamed and shall not be humiliated to everlasting ages.
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For thus says Yahuah, Creator of the heavens— He is Elohim— Former of the earth and its Maker; He established it. He did not create it as emptiness; He formed it to be inhabited: “I am Yahuah, and there is no other.
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I did not speak in concealment, in a dark place of the earth. I did not say to the seed of Yaaqov, ‘Seek Me in emptiness.’ I am Yahuah, speaking Righteousness, declaring upright things.
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Gather and come; draw near together, escaped ones of the nations. Those carrying the wood of their carved image do not know, nor those praying to an el that cannot save.
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Declare and bring them near; indeed, let them take counsel together. Who caused this to be heard from ancient time? Who declared it from then? Was it not I, Yahuah? There is no other Elohim apart from Me— a righteous El and Savior; there is none except Me.
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Turn to Me and be saved, all ends of the earth; for I am El, and there is no other.
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By Myself I have sworn; a Word has gone from My Mouth in Righteousness and shall not return: to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
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It shall be said of Me, ‘Only in Yahuah are Righteousness and strength.’ To Him they shall come, and all enraged against Him shall be ashamed.
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In Yahuah all the seed of Yisra’el shall be justified and shall glory.”