Isaiah · American Standard Version (1901)
Isaiah 45 American Standard Version (1901)
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1 Thus saith Jehovah 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 the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
1 ASÍ dice Jehová á su ungido, á Ciro, al cual tomé yo por su mano derecha, para sujetar gentes delante de él y desatar lomos de reyes; para abrir delante de él puertas, y las puertas no se cerrarán:
2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
2 Yo iré delante de ti, y enderezaré las tortuosidades; quebrantaré puertas de bronce, y cerrojos de hierro haré pedazos;
3 and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.
3 Y te daré los tesoros escondidos, y los secretos muy guardados; para que sepas que yo soy Jehová, el Dios de Israel, que te pongo nombre.
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
4 Por amor de mi siervo Jacob, y de Israel mi escogido, te llamé por tu nombre; púsete sobrenombre, aunque no me conociste.
5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
5 Yo Jehová, y ninguno más hay: no hay Dios fuera de mí. Yo te ceñiré, aunque tú no me conociste;
6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
6 Para que se sepa desde el nacimiento del sol, y desde donde se pone, que no hay más que yo; yo Jehová, y ninguno más que yo:
7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
7 Que formo la luz y crío las tinieblas, que hago la paz y crío el mal. Yo Jehová que hago todo esto.
8 Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
8 Rociad, cielos, de arriba, y las nubes destilen la justicia; ábrase la tierra, y prodúzcanse la salud y la justicia; háganse brotar juntamente. Yo Jehová lo crié.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
9 ¡Ay del que pleitea con su Hacedor! ¡el tiesto con los tiestos de la tierra! ¿Dirá el barro al que lo labra: Qué haces; ó tu obra: No tiene manos?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
10 ¡Ay del que dice al padre: ¿Por qué engendraste? y á la mujer: ¿Por qué pariste?
11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
11 Así dice Jehová, el Santo de Israel, y su Formador: Preguntadme de las cosas por venir; mandadme acerca de mis hijos, y acerca de la obra de mis manos.
12 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.
12 Yo hice la tierra, y crié sobre ella al hombre. Yo, mis manos, extendieron los cielos, y á todo su ejército mandé.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.
13 Yo lo desperté en justicia, y enderezaré todos sus caminos; él edificará mi ciudad, y soltará mis cautivos, no por precio ni por dones, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
14 Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
14 Así dice Jehová: El trabajo de Egipto, las mercaderías de Etiopía, y los Sabeos hombres agigantados, se pasarán á ti, y serán tuyos; irán en pos de ti, pasarán con grillos: á ti harán reverencia, y á ti suplicarán, [diciendo]: Cierto, en ti está Dios, y no hay otro fuera de Dios.
15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
15 Verdaderamente tú eres Dios que te encubres, Dios de Israel, que salvas.
16 They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
16 Confusos y avergonzados serán todos ellos; irán con afrenta todos los fabricadores de imágenes.
17 [But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
17 Israel es salvo en Jehová con salud eterna; no os avergonzaréis, ni os afrentaréis, por todos los siglos.
18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
18 Porque así dijo Jehová, que crió los cielos; él es Dios, el que formó la tierra, el que la hizo y la compuso; no la crió en vano, para que fuese habitada la crió: Yo Jehová, y ninguno más que yo.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
19 No hablé en escondido, en lugar de tierra de tinieblas; no dije á la generación de Jacob: En vano me buscáis. Yo soy Jehová que hablo justicia, que anuncio rectitud.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
20 Reuníos, y venid; allegaos, todos los escapados de las gentes: no saben aquellos que erigen el madero de su escultura, y los que ruegan al dios que no salva.
21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
21 Publicad, y haced llegar, y entren todos en consulta: ¿quién hizo oir esto desde el principio, y lo tiene dicho desde entonces, sino yo Jehová? Y no hay más Dios que yo; Dios justo y Salvador: ningún otro fuera de mí.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
22 Mirad á mí, y sed salvos, todos los términos de la tierra: porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más.
23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
23 Por mí hice juramento, de mi boca salió palabra en justicia, y no será revocada: Que á mí se doblará toda rodilla, jurará toda lengua.
24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
24 Y diráse de mí: Ciertamente en Jehová está la justicia y la fuerza: á él vendrán, y todos los que contra él se enardecen, serán avergonzados.
25 In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
25 En Jehová será justificada y se gloriará toda la generación de Israel.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 51:20–24; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 44:28; Psalm 73:23; Isaiah 41:13
- 2 Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 42:16; Luke 3:5; Psalm 107:16; Jeremiah 51:30
- 3 Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 43:1; Exodus 33:17; Exodus 33:12; Ezra 1:2
- 4 Isaiah 41:8–9; Acts 17:23; Exodus 19:5–6; Isaiah 44:1; Romans 11:7
- 5 Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 46:9; Joel 2:27; 1 Kings 8:60
- 6 Malachi 1:11; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 45:5; Psalm 46:10; Ezekiel 38:23
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:13–14; Amos 3:6; Psalm 75:7; Job 2:10; Isaiah 31:2
- 8 Hosea 10:12; Isaiah 61:11; Psalm 72:6; 1 Corinthians 3:6–9; Isaiah 44:3
- 9 Romans 9:20–21; Isaiah 64:8; Isaiah 10:15; Jeremiah 18:6; Isaiah 29:16
- 10 Malachi 1:6; Deuteronomy 27:16; Hebrews 12:9
- 11 Jeremiah 33:3; Isaiah 48:17; Mark 11:24; Ezekiel 36:37; Ephesians 2:10
- 12 Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24; Jeremiah 27:5; Genesis 2:1; Nehemiah 9:6
- 13 Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 41:25; Isaiah 49:25; 2 Chronicles 36:22–23
- 14 Isaiah 49:23; 1 Corinthians 14:25; Jeremiah 16:19; Acts 10:25–26; Isaiah 61:5–6
- 15 Isaiah 8:17; Psalm 44:24; Isaiah 57:17; Isaiah 46:13; Psalm 77:19
- 16 Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 44:11; Isaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 2:26–27; Isaiah 41:19
- 17 Romans 10:11; Psalm 25:3; Isaiah 54:4; 1 Peter 2:6; Joel 2:26–27
- 18 Psalm 115:16; Jeremiah 10:12; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:12; Genesis 1:2
- 19 Isaiah 48:16; Amos 5:4; Numbers 23:19–20; Jeremiah 29:13–14; Proverbs 30:5
- 20 Isaiah 43:9; Isaiah 44:17–20; Jeremiah 10:5; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 46:1
- 21 Isaiah 45:5; Isaiah 46:9–10; Isaiah 43:11; Titus 2:13–14; Isaiah 43:9
- 22 John 6:40; Micah 7:7; Hebrews 12:2; Numbers 21:8–9; Zechariah 12:10
- 23 Philippians 2:10; Romans 14:10–12; Isaiah 55:11; Hebrews 6:13–18; Deuteronomy 6:13
- 24 Isaiah 41:11; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 54:17; 2 Timothy 4:17–18; John 12:32
- 25 Isaiah 41:16; Galatians 3:27–29; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Romans 8:30; Romans 9:6–8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And this is what has been spoken by the prophet, "I am a jealous God, making peace, and creating evil things;" thus making peace and friendship with those who repent and turn to Him, and bringing [them to] unity, but preparing for the impenitent, those who shun the light, eternal fire and outer darkness, which are evils indeed to those …
Wherefore He says to it by Isaiah, "I am the Lord that formed thee." It is indeed descended from heaven from its commencement, since its citizens during the course of this world grow by the grace of God, which cometh down from above through the laver of regeneration in the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And again, "I," saith He, "make peace, and create evils:" For neither in this place doth He speak of wickedness, but of famines, and pestilences, things accounted evil by most men: the generality being wont to call these things evil.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
If thou findest fault with Him who saith, I am God that make peace, and create evil, explain how Jesus saith, I came not to send peace but a sword.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)