Focused Passage

Isaiah 45:14-19

Cyrus the LORD’s Anointed and the God Who Saves to the Ends of the Earth

Isaiah 45 moves from the LORD addressing Cyrus as His anointed instrument whom He will empower to subdue nations and open doors, to the repeated declaration that the LORD alone is God and there is no other, to rebuke against those who contend with their Maker, to the assurance that Cyrus will rebuild the city and set the exiles free, to the nations acknowledging Israel’s God as the only Savior, to the LORD’s insistence that He did not create the earth in vain but formed it to be inhabited, and finally to the worldwide summons: 'Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth.'

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

18For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

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Verse 14

Original words

This is whatכֹּ֣ה׀H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularThe productsיְגִ֨יעַH3018Noun - masculine singular constructof Egyptמִצְרַ֥יִםH4714Noun - proper - feminine singularand the merchandiseוּֽסְחַר־H5504Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof Cushכּוּשׁ֮H3568Noun - proper - feminine singularalong with the Sabeansוּסְבָאִים֮H5436Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine pluralmenאַנְשֵׁ֣יH582Noun - masculine plural constructof statureמִדָּה֒H4060Noun - feminine singularwill come overיַעֲבֹ֙רוּ֙H5674Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralto youעָלַ֤יִךְH5921Preposition | second person feminine singularand will beיִֽהְי֔וּH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralyoursוְלָ֣ךְConjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singularthey will trudge behindאַחֲרַ֣יִךְH310Preposition | second person feminine singularyouיֵלֵ֔כוּH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralthey will come overיַעֲבֹ֑רוּH5674Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralin chainsבַּזִּקִּ֖יםH2131Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluraland bow downיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ֙H7812Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralto youוְאֵלַ֤יִךְH413Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singularThey will confessיִתְפַּלָּ֔לוּH6419Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralto youאֵלַ֣יִךְH413Preposition | second person feminine singularGodאֵ֛לH410Noun - masculine singularis indeedאַ֣ךְH389Adverbwith youבָּ֥ךְPreposition | second person feminine singularand there is noוְאֵ֥יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbotherע֖וֹדH5750Adverbthere is noאֶ֥פֶסH657Noun - masculine singularother Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430Noun - masculine plural

BSB notes

  • That is, the upper Nile region
Verse 15

Original words

Trulyאָכֵ֕ןH403AdverbYouאַתָּ֖הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularare a Godאֵ֣לH410Noun - masculine singularwho hides Himselfמִסְתַּתֵּ֑רH5641Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularO Godאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularthe Saviorמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃H3467Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Verse 16

Original words

They will allכֻּלָּ֑םH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralbe put to shameבּ֥וֹשׁוּH954Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralandוְגַֽם־H1571Conjunctionhumiliatedנִכְלְמ֖וּH3637Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralthe makersחָרָשֵׁ֖יH2796Noun - masculine plural constructof idolsצִירִֽים׃H6736Noun - masculine pluralwill departהָלְכ֣וּH1980Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltogetherיַחְדָּו֙H3162Adverbin disgraceבַכְּלִמָּ֔הH3639Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 17

Original words

[But] Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478Noun - proper - masculine singularwill be savedנוֹשַׁ֣עH3467Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularby the LORDבַּיהוָ֔הH3068Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singularwith an everlastingעוֹלָמִ֑יםH5769Noun - masculine pluralsalvationתְּשׁוּעַ֖תH8668Noun - feminine singular constructyou will notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlebe put to shameתֵבֹ֥שׁוּH954Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural. . .וְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleor humiliatedתִכָּלְמ֖וּH3637Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluraltoעַד־H5704Prepositionagesע֥וֹלְמֵיH5769Noun - masculine plural constructeverlastingעַֽד׃פH5703Noun - masculine singular
Verse 18

Original words

Forכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionthusכֹ֣הH3541Adverbsaysאָֽמַר־H559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְ֠הוָהH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwho createdבּוֹרֵ֨אH1254Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe heavensהַשָּׁמַ֜יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluralHeה֣וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singular[is] Godהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Article | Noun - masculine pluralHe formedיֹצֵ֨רH3335Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe earthהָאָ֤רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularand fashioned itוְעֹשָׂהּ֙H6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularHeה֣וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularestablished itכֽוֹנְנָ֔הּH3559Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularHe did notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlecreateבְרָאָ֖הּH1254Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularit to be emptyתֹ֥הוּH8414Noun - masculine singularbut formedיְצָרָ֑הּH3335Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularit to be inhabitedלָשֶׁ֣בֶתH3427Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructIאֲנִ֥יH589Pronoun - first person common singularam the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularand there is noוְאֵ֥יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbotherעֽוֹד׃H5750Adverb
Verse 19

Original words

I have notלֹ֧אH3808Adverb - Negative particlespokenדִּבַּ֗רְתִּיH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularin secretבַסֵּ֣תֶרH5643Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularfrom a placeבִּמְקוֹם֙H4725Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructin a landאֶ֣רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructof darknessחֹ֔שֶׁךְH2822Noun - masculine singularI did notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlesayאָמַ֛רְתִּיH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularto the descendantsלְזֶ֥רַעH2233Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בH3290Noun - proper - masculine singularSeek Meבַקְּשׁ֑וּנִיH1245Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singularin a wastelandתֹּ֣הוּH8414Noun - masculine singularIאֲנִ֤יH589Pronoun - first person common singularthe LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularspeakדֹּבֵ֣רH1696Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe truthצֶ֔דֶקH6664Noun - masculine singularI sayמַגִּ֖ידH5046Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularwhat is rightמֵישָׁרִֽים׃H4339Noun - masculine plural

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