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1 # Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> to his anointed <04899>, to Cyrus <03566>, whose right hand <03225> I have holden <02388> (8689), to subdue <07286> (8800) nations <01471> before <06440> him; and I will loose <06605> (8762) the loins <04975> of kings <04428>, to open <06605> (8800) before <06440> him the two leaved gates <01817>; and the gates <08179> shall not be shut <05462> (8735);
2 I will go <03212> (8799) before <06440> thee, and make <03474> <00> the crooked places <01921> (8803) straight <03474> (8762) (8675) <03474> (8686): I will break in pieces <07665> (8762) the gates <01817> of brass <05154>, and cut in sunder <01438> (8762) the bars <01280> of iron <01270>:
3 And I will give <05414> (8804) thee the treasures <0214> of darkness <02822>, and hidden riches <04301> of secret places <04565>, that thou mayest know <03045> (8799) that I, the LORD <03068>, which call <07121> (8802) thee by thy name <08034>, am the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
4 For Jacob <03290> my servant's <05650> sake, and Israel <03478> mine elect <0972>, I have even called <07121> (8799) thee by thy name <08034>: I have surnamed <03655> (8762) thee, though thou hast not known <03045> (8804) me.
5 # I am the LORD <03068>, and there is none else, there is no God <0430> beside <02108> me: I girded <0247> (8762) thee, though thou hast not known <03045> (8804) me:
6 That they may know <03045> (8799) from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121>, and from the west <04628>, that there is none <0657> beside <01107> me. I am the LORD <03068>, and there is none else.
7 I form <03335> (8802) the light <0216>, and create <01254> (8802) darkness <02822>: I make <06213> (8802) peace <07965>, and create <01254> (8802) evil <07451>: I the LORD <03068> do <06213> (8802) all these things.
8 Drop down <07491> (8685), ye heavens <08064>, from above <04605>, and let the skies <07834> pour down <05140> (8799) righteousness <06664>: let the earth <0776> open <06605> (8799), and let them bring forth <06509> (8799) salvation <03468>, and let righteousness <06666> spring up <06779> (8686) together <03162>; I the LORD <03068> have created <01254> (8804) it.
9 Woe <01945> unto him that striveth <07378> (8801) with his Maker <03335> (8802)! Let the potsherd <02789> strive with the potsherds <02789> of the earth <0127>. Shall the clay <02563> say <0559> (8799) to him that fashioneth <03335> (8802) it, What makest <06213> (8799) thou? or thy work <06467>, He hath no hands <03027>?
10 Woe <01945> unto him that saith <0559> (8802) unto his father <01>, What begettest <03205> (8686) thou? or to the woman <0802>, What hast thou brought forth <02342> (8799)?
11 # Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>, and his Maker <03335> (8802), Ask <07592> (8798) me of things to come <0857> (8802) concerning my sons <01121>, and concerning the work <06467> of my hands <03027> command <06680> (8762) ye me.
12 I have made <06213> (8804) the earth <0776>, and created <01254> (8804) man <0120> upon it: I, even my hands <03027>, have stretched out <05186> (8804) the heavens <08064>, and all their host <06635> have I commanded <06680> (8765).
13 I have raised him up <05782> (8689) in righteousness <06664>, and I will direct <03474> (8762) all his ways <01870>: he shall build <01129> (8799) my city <05892>, and he shall let go <07971> (8762) my captives <01546>, not for price <04242> nor reward <07810>, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
14 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, The labour <03018> of Egypt <04714>, and merchandise <05505> of Ethiopia <03568> and of the Sabeans <05436>, men <0582> of stature <04060>, shall come over <05674> (8799) unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come <03212> (8799) after <0310> thee; in chains <02131> they shall come over <05674> (8799) , and they shall fall down <07812> (8691) unto thee, they shall make supplication <06419> (8691) unto thee, saying, Surely God <0410> is in thee; and there is none else, there is no <0657> God <0430>.
15 Verily <0403> thou art a God <0410> that hidest <05641> (8693) thyself, O God <0430> of Israel <03478>, the Saviour <03467> (8688).
16 They shall be ashamed <0954> (8804), and also confounded <03637> (8738), all of them: they shall go <01980> (8804) to confusion <03639> together <03162> that are makers <02796> of idols <06736>.
17 But Israel <03478> shall be saved <03467> (8738) in the LORD <03068> with an everlasting <05769> salvation <08668>: ye shall not be ashamed <0954> (8799) nor confounded <03637> (8735) world <05769> without end <05703> .
18 For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> that created <01254> (8802) the heavens <08064>; God <0430> himself that formed <03335> (8802) the earth <0776> and made <06213> (8802) it; he hath established <03559> (8790) it, he created <01254> (8804) it not in vain <08414>, he formed <03335> (8804) it to be inhabited <03427> (8800): I am the LORD <03068>; and there is none else.
This verse appears to disagree with Genesis 1:2 which says that the earth was without form after creation. It shows that the earth originally was not created a formless mass, but was made to be inhabited. But something happened that left it in the condition of being formless as described in Genesis 1:2
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19 I have not spoken <01696> (8765) in secret <05643>, in a dark <02822> place <04725> of the earth <0776> : I said <0559> (8804) not unto the seed <02233> of Jacob <03290>, Seek <01245> (8761) ye me in vain <08414> : I the LORD <03068> speak <01696> (8802) righteousness <06664>, I declare <05046> (8688) things that are right <04339> .
20 # Assemble <06908> (8734) yourselves and come <0935> (8798); draw near <05066> (8690) together <03162>, ye that are escaped <06412> of the nations <01471>: they have no knowledge <03045> (8804) that set up <05375> (8802) the wood <06086> of their graven image <06459>, and pray <06419> (8693) unto a god <0410> that cannot save <03467> (8686).
21 Tell <05046> (8685) ye, and bring them near <05066> (8685); yea, let them take counsel <03289> (8735) together <03162>: who hath declared <08085> (8689) this from ancient time <06924>? who hath told <05046> (8689) it from that time? have not I the LORD <03068>? and there is no God <0430> else beside <01107> me; a just <06662> God <0410> and a Saviour <03467> (8688); there is none <0369> beside <02108> me.
22 Look <06437> (8798) unto me, and be ye saved <03467> (8734), all the ends <0657> of the earth <0776> : for I am God <0410>, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn <07650> (8738) by myself, the word <01697> is gone out <03318> (8804) of my mouth <06310> in righteousness <06666>, and shall not return <07725> (8799), That unto me every knee <01290> shall bow <03766> (8799) , every tongue <03956> shall swear <07650> (8735).
24 Surely, shall one say <0559> (8804), in the LORD <03068> have I righteousness <06666> and strength <05797> : even to him shall men come <0935> (8799); and all that are incensed <02734> (8737) against him shall be ashamed <0954> (8799).
25 In the LORD <03068> shall all the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> be justified <06663> (8799), and shall glory <01984> (8691).