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Text -- Isaiah 44:24--45:8 (NET)
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The Lord Empowers Cyrus
44:24 This is what the Lord , your protector , says , the one who formed you in the womb : “I am the Lord , who made everything , who alone stretched out the sky , who fashioned the earth all by myself ,
44:25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers , who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish ,
44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers , who says about Jerusalem , ‘She will be inhabited ,’ and about the towns of Judah , ‘They will be rebuilt , her ruins I will raise up ,’
44:27 who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry ! I will dry up your sea currents,’
44:28 who commissions Cyrus , the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem , ‘She will be rebuilt ,’ and concerning the temple , ‘It will be reconstructed .’”
45:1 This is what the Lord says to his chosen one , to Cyrus , whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings , to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed :
45:2 “I will go before you and level mountains . Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through .
45:3 I will give you hidden treasures , riches stashed away in secret places , so you may recognize that I am the Lord , the one who calls you by name , the God of Israel .
45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob , Israel , my chosen one , I call you by name and give you a title of respect , even though you do not recognize me.
45:5 I am the Lord , I have no peer , there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.
45:6 I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord , I have no peer .
45:7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness ; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity . I am the Lord , who accomplishes all these things.
45:8 O sky , rain down from above ! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance ! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow , and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I , the Lord , create it.
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NET Notes -> Isa 44:24; Isa 44:24; Isa 44:25; Isa 44:25; Isa 44:25; Isa 44:25; Isa 44:26; Isa 44:26; Isa 44:26; Isa 44:28; Isa 44:28; Isa 44:28; Isa 44:28; Isa 45:1; Isa 45:1; Isa 45:1; Isa 45:2; Isa 45:2; Isa 45:3; Isa 45:4; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:6; Isa 45:6; Isa 45:7; Isa 45:7; Isa 45:7; Isa 45:8; Isa 45:8; Isa 45:8; Isa 45:8; Isa 45:8
NET Notes: Isa 44:24 The consonantal text (Kethib) has “Who [was] with me?” The marginal reading (Qere) is “from with me,” i.e., “by myself.&...
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NET Notes: Isa 44:26 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Isa 44:28 Heb “and [concerning the] temple, you will be founded.” The preposition -לְ (lÿ) is understood by ellipsis at the beginni...
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NET Notes: Isa 45:1 Heb “and the belts of kings I will loosen”; NRSV “strip kings of their robes”; NIV “strip kings of their armor.”
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NET Notes: Isa 45:3 Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”
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NET Notes: Isa 45:7 This verses affirms that God is ultimately sovereign over his world, including mankind and nations. In accordance with his sovereign will, he can caus...
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