5 One shall say, I amthe LORD'S; and another shall call himselfby the name of Jacob; and
another shall subscribe withhis hand unto the LORD, and surname himselfby the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I amthe first, and
I amthe last; and beside me there isno God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the
ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye
areeven my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there isno God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image areall of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not
profit; and they aretheir own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image thatis profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they areof men: let them all be
gathered together, let them stand up; yetthey shall fear, andthey shall be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and
worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh
no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out hisrule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with
planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man,
according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for
himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he
kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven
image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and
is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, evenhis graven image: he falleth down unto it, and
worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou artmy god.
18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and
their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is thereknowledge nor understanding to say, I
have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have
roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall
down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul,
nor say, Is therenot a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou artmy servant: I have formed thee; thou art
my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto
me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth
into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob,
and glorified himself in Israel.
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I amthe LORD
that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth
by myself;
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men
backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers;

that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built,
and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
28 That saith of Cyrus, He ismy shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to
Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
1 Thus saith the LORD 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 before him the two leaved gates;
and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of
brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou
mayest know that I, the LORD, which call theeby thy name, amthe God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have
surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I amthe LORD, and there isnone else, there isno God beside me: I girded thee, though thou
hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there isnone beside
me. I amthe LORD, and there isnone else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these
things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth
open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD
have created it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Letthe potsherd strivewith the potsherds of the
earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no
hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto hisfather, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast
thou brought forth?
11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come
concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, evenmy hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city,
and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans,
men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in
chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication
unto thee, saying, Surely God isin thee; and there isnone else, there isno God.
15 Verily thou arta God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together
that aremakers of idols.
17 ButIsrael shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed
nor confounded world without end.
18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and
made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I amthe
LORD; and there isnone else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob,
Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that areescaped of the nations: they

have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god thatcannot
save.
21 Tell ye, and bring themnear; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this
from ancient time? whohath told it from that time? havenot I the LORD? and there isno God
else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there isnone beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I amGod, and there isnone else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth inrighteousness, and shall not
return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall onesay, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: evento him shall men
come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your
carriages wereheavy loaden; they area burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are
gone into captivity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne
by mefrom the belly, which are carried from the womb:
4 And evento yourold age I amhe; and evento hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I
will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 To whom will ye liken me, and make meequal, and compare me, that we may be like?
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, andhire a goldsmith; and he
maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth;
from his place shall he not remove: yea, oneshall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save
him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring itagain to mind, O ye transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old: for I amGod, and there isnone else; I amGod, and there
isnone like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the thingsthat are not yet
done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:
yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that arefar from righteousness:
13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I
will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there isno
throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh,
pass over the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I
will not meet thee asa man.
4 As forour redeemer, the LORD of hosts ishis name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no
more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand:
thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: sothat thou didst not lay these thingsto thy heart,
neither didst remember the latter end of it.
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that artgiven to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that