Isaiah
45 from Scroll 1Q Isaiaha
1 Yahweh
says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their
armor; to open the doors before him, and the
gates shall not be shut:
2 “I
will go before you,
and make the rough places will
be made smooth.
I will break the doors of bronze in pieces,
and
cut apart the bars of iron.
3 I
will give you the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places,
that
you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name,
even the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake,
and
Israel my chosen,
I
have called you by your name.
I have he has given you a
title,
though
you have not known me.
5 I am
Yahweh, and there is no one else.
Besides
me, there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though
you have not known me;
6 that
they may know from the rising of the sun,
and from the west,
that there is no one besides me.
I am
Yahweh, and there is no one else.
7 I
form the light,
and create darkness.
I make peace good,
and
create calamity.
I am
Yahweh,
who does all these things.
8 Rain Shout,
you heavens, from above,
and
let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let the earth open Who
speaks to the earth, that it may produce
salvation,
and
let it cause righteousness to spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
9 Woe
to him who strives with his Maker—
a
clay pot among the clay pots of the earth!
Woe! Shall the
clay ask him
who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
or your work, ‘He has no human
hands?’
10 Woe
to him who says to a father, ‘What have you
become the father of?’
or
to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’ ”
11 Yahweh,
the Holy One of Israel,
and his Maker says:
“You
ask me about the things that are to come,
concerning my sons,
and you command me concerning the
work of my hands!
12 I
have made the earth, and created man on it.
I,
even my hands, have stretched out the heavens;
and
I have commanded all their army.
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,” says Yahweh of Armies.
14 Yahweh
says: “The labor of Egypt,
and
the merchandise of Ethiopia,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you,
and
they shall be yours.
They
will go after you.
They shall come over in chains;
and they will bow down to you.
They
will make supplication to you:
‘Surely
God is in you; and there is no one else.
There
is no other god.
15 Most
certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself,
God of Israel, the Savior.’ ”
16 They
will be disappointed,
yes,
confounded, and all
of them.
Those who are makers of idols will go into
confusion together.
17 Israel
will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation.
You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages
everlasting.
18 For Yahweh who
created the heavens,
the God who formed the earth and made it,
and who established it and didn’t create it a
waste,
who
formed it to be inhabited says:
“I
am Yahweh;
and
there is no other.
19 I
have not spoken in secret,
in a
place of the land of darkness.
I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’
I,
Yahweh, speak righteousness.
I
declare things that are right.
20 “Assemble
yourselves and come.
Draw
near together and
come, you who have escaped from the
nations.
Those
have no knowledge who
carry the wood of their engraved image,
and
pray to a god that can’t save.
21 Declare
and present it.
Yes,
let them take counsel together.
Who has shown this
from ancient time?
Who
has declared it of old?
Haven’t
I, Yahweh?
There
is no other God besides me, a just God and a
Savior;
And there is no one besides me.
22 “Look
to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.
23 I
have sworn by myself.
The
word has gone out of my mouth in
righteousness, and will not be revoked,
that to me every knee
shall bow,
every tongue shall
take an oath.
24 They will say of me,
‘There
is righteousness and strength only in
Yahweh.’ ”
Even
to him shall men come;
and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
25 All the offspring of Israel will be justified in
Yahweh,
and
will rejoice!
Isaiah
45 from Scroll 1Q Isaiahb
1 Yahweh says to his anointed, to
Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before
him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the
doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
2 “I will go before you,
and make the rough places smooth.
I will break the doors of brass in pieces,
and cut apart the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places,
that you may know that it is I, Yahweh,
who call you by your name,
even the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake,
and Israel my chosen,
I have called you by your name.
I have given you a title,
though you have not known me.
5 I am Yahweh, and there is
no one else.
Besides me, there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not known me;
6 that they may know from the rising
of the sun,
and from the west,
that there is no one besides me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.
7 I form the light,
and create darkness.
I make peace,
and create calamity.
I am Yahweh,
who does all these things.
8 Rain, you heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation,
and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker—
a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth!
Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
or your work, ‘He has no hands?’
10 Woe to him who says to a father,
‘What have you become the father of?’
or to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’”
11 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel,
and his Maker says:
“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons,
and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it.
I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens;
and I have commanded all their army.
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,” says Yahweh of Armies.
Isaiah
45 from Scroll 4Q56 Isaiahb
20 “Assemble
yourselves and come.
Draw
near together, you who have escaped from the nations.
Those
have no knowledge who carry the
wood of their engraved image,
and
pray to a god that can’t save.
21 Declare
and present it.
Yes,
let
them take counsel together.
Who has shown this from ancient time?
Who
has declared it of old?
Haven’t
I, Yahweh?
There
is no other God
besides me, a just God and a Savior;
There
is no one besides me.
22 “Look
to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.
23 I
have sworn by myself.
The
word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked,
that
to me every knee shall bow,
every
tongue shall take an oath.
24 They
will say of me,
‘There
is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ”
Even
to him shall men come;
and
all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
25 All
the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh,
and will rejoice!
Isaiah
45 from Scroll 4Q57 Isaiahc
1 Yahweh
says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand
I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of
their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be
shut:
2 “I
will go before you,
and
make the rough places smooth.
I
will break the doors of bronze in pieces,
and cut
apart the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness,
and
hidden riches of secret places,
that
you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your
name,
even
the God of Israel.
4 For
Jacob my servant’s sake,
and
Israel my chosen,
I have called you by your name.
I
have given you a title,
though
you have not known me.
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6 that
they may know from the rising of the sun,
and
from the west,
that
there is no one besides me.
I am
Yahweh, and there is no one else.
7 I
form the light,
and
create darkness.
I
make peace,
and
create calamity.
I am
Yahweh,
who
does all these things.
8 Rain,
you heavens, from above,
and
let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let
the earth open, that it may produce salvation,
and
let it cause righteousness to spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
Isaiah
45 from Scroll 4Q58 Isaiahd
20 “Assemble
yourselves and come.
Draw
near together, you who have escaped from the nations.
Those
have no knowledge who carry the
wood of their engraved image,
and
pray to a god that can’t save.