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.'

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14 This 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.’”

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

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

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

18 For 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.

19 I 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 what כֹּ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular The products יְגִ֨יעַ H3018 Noun - masculine singular construct of Egypt מִצְרַ֥יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular and the merchandise וּֽסְחַר־ H5504 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of Cush כּוּשׁ֮ H3568 Noun - proper - feminine singular along with the Sabeans וּסְבָאִים֮ H5436 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural men אַנְשֵׁ֣י H582 Noun - masculine plural construct of stature מִדָּה֒ H4060 Noun - feminine singular will come over יַעֲבֹ֙רוּ֙ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to you עָלַ֤יִךְ H5921 Preposition | second person feminine singular and will be יִֽהְי֔וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural yours וְלָ֣ךְ Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singular they will trudge behind אַחֲרַ֣יִךְ H310 Preposition | second person feminine singular you יֵלֵ֔כוּ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural they will come over יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural in chains בַּזִּקִּ֖ים H2131 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural and bow down יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ֙ H7812 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to you וְאֵלַ֤יִךְ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singular They will confess יִתְפַּלָּ֔לוּ H6419 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to you אֵלַ֣יִךְ H413 Preposition | second person feminine singular God אֵ֛ל H410 Noun - masculine singular is indeed אַ֣ךְ H389 Adverb with you בָּ֥ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular and there is no וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb other ע֖וֹד H5750 Adverb there is no אֶ֥פֶס H657 Noun - masculine singular other God אֱלֹהִֽים׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural

BSB notes

  • That is, the upper Nile region
Verse 15

Original words

Truly אָכֵ֕ן H403 Adverb You אַתָּ֖ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular are a God אֵ֣ל H410 Noun - masculine singular who hides Himself מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר H5641 Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular O God אֱלֹהֵ֥י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular the Savior מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ H3467 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Verse 16

Original words

They will all כֻּלָּ֑ם H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural be put to shame בּ֥וֹשׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural and וְגַֽם־ H1571 Conjunction humiliated נִכְלְמ֖וּ H3637 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural the makers חָרָשֵׁ֖י H2796 Noun - masculine plural construct of idols צִירִֽים׃ H6736 Noun - masculine plural will depart הָלְכ֣וּ H1980 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural together יַחְדָּו֙ H3162 Adverb in disgrace בַכְּלִמָּ֔ה H3639 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 17

Original words

[But] Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular will be saved נוֹשַׁ֣ע H3467 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular by the LORD בַּיהוָ֔ה H3068 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular with an everlasting עוֹלָמִ֑ים H5769 Noun - masculine plural salvation תְּשׁוּעַ֖ת H8668 Noun - feminine singular construct you will not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be put to shame תֵבֹ֥שׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle or humiliated תִכָּלְמ֖וּ H3637 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural to עַד־ H5704 Preposition ages ע֥וֹלְמֵי H5769 Noun - masculine plural construct everlasting עַֽד׃פ H5703 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 18

Original words

For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction thus כֹ֣ה H3541 Adverb says אָֽמַר־ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְ֠הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular who created בּוֹרֵ֨א H1254 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural He ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular [is] God הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים H430 Article | Noun - masculine plural He formed יֹצֵ֨ר H3335 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the earth הָאָ֤רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and fashioned it וְעֹשָׂהּ֙ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular He ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular established it כֽוֹנְנָ֔הּ H3559 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular He did not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle create בְרָאָ֖הּ H1254 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular it to be empty תֹ֥הוּ H8414 Noun - masculine singular but formed יְצָרָ֑הּ H3335 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular it to be inhabited לָשֶׁ֣בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and there is no וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb other עֽוֹד׃ H5750 Adverb
Verse 19

Original words

I have not לֹ֧א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle spoken דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular in secret בַסֵּ֣תֶר H5643 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular from a place בִּמְקוֹם֙ H4725 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct in a land אֶ֣רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct of darkness חֹ֔שֶׁךְ H2822 Noun - masculine singular I did not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle say אָמַ֛רְתִּי H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular to the descendants לְזֶ֥רַע H2233 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of Jacob יַעֲקֹ֖ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular Seek Me בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִי H1245 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular in a wasteland תֹּ֣הוּ H8414 Noun - masculine singular I אֲנִ֤י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular speak דֹּבֵ֣ר H1696 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the truth צֶ֔דֶק H6664 Noun - masculine singular I say מַגִּ֖יד H5046 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular what is right מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ H4339 Noun - masculine plural

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