Isaiah 45:11-19

11 Thus says the ¹LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his ²Maker: "³Ask Me about the things to come concerning My ⁴sons, And you shall commit to Me ⁵the work of My hands.

12 "It is I who ⁶made the earth, and created man upon it. I ⁷stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained ⁸all their host.

13 "I have aroused him in ⁹righteousness And I will ¹⁰make all his ways smooth; He will ¹¹build My city and will let My exiles go ¹²free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of hosts.

14 Thus says the LORD, "The products of ¹³Egypt and the merchandise of ¹⁴Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will ¹⁵come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in ¹⁶chains And will ¹⁷bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: 'Surely, ¹⁸God is with you, and ¹⁹there is none else, No other God.' "

15 Truly, You are a God who ²⁰hides Himself, O God of Israel, ²¹Savior!

16 They will be ²²put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The ²³manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

17 Israel has been saved by the LORD With an ²⁴everlasting salvation; You ²⁵will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity.

18 For thus says the LORD, who ²⁶created the heavens (He is the God who ²⁷formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a ²⁸waste place, but formed it to be ²⁹inhabited ), "I am the LORD, and ³⁰there is none else.

19 "³¹I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the ³²offspring of Jacob, '³³Seek Me in a waste place '; I, the LORD, ³⁴speak righteousness, ³⁵Declaring things that are upright.

Isaiah 45:11-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 45

This chapter contains prophecies concerning Cyrus, the deliverer of the Jews from captivity; and concerning the grace, righteousness, and salvation of Christ; and the conversion of the Gentiles. An account is given of Cyrus, and of the great things God would do for him, and by him, Isa 45:1-3 and the ends for which he would do these things, for the sake of his people Israel; and that he might be known to be the only true God, who is the Maker of all things, Isa 45:4-7 an intimation is given of the Messiah, as the author of righteousness and salvation; and of the contention and murmuring of the Jews about him, Isa 45:8-10, encouragement is given to pray for and expect good things by him for the children of God, in consideration of the greatness of God as the Creator, who would raise him up in righteousness, the antitype of Cyrus, Isa 45:11-13, the conversion of the Gentiles, the confusion of idolaters, and the salvation of the Israel of God, are prophesied of, Isa 45:14-17, which are confirmed by his works and his word, what he had done and said, Isa 45:18,19, the vanity of idols is exposed, and Christ the only Saviour asserted, to whom persons in all nations are directed to look for salvation, Isa 45:20-22 when it is affirmed with an oath that all shall be subject to him; that his people shall come to him for righteousness and strength; that his enemies shall be ashamed, and the spiritual Israel of God shall be justified, and glory in him, Isa 45:23-25.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 48:17; Ezekiel 39:7
• 2. Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 54:5
• 3. Isaiah 8:19
• 4. Jeremiah 31:9
• 5. Isaiah 19:25; Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 64:8
• 6. Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:18; Jeremiah 27:5
• 7. Psalms 104:2; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24
• 8. Genesis 2:1; Nehemiah 9:6
• 9. Isaiah 41:2
• 10. Isaiah 45:2
• 11. 2 Chronicles 36:22, 23; Isaiah 44:28
• 12. Isaiah 52:3
• 13. Psalms 68:31; Isaiah 19:21
• 14. Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 43:3
• 15. Isaiah 14:1, 2; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 54:3
• 16. Psalms 149:8
• 17. Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:14
• 18. Jeremiah 16:19; Zechariah 8:20-23; 1 Corinthians 14:25
• 19. Isaiah 45:5
• 20. Psalms 44:24; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 57:17
• 21. Isaiah 43:3
• 22. Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 44:9
• 23. Isaiah 44:11
• 24. Isaiah 26:4; Isaiah 51:6; Romans 11:26
• 25. Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 54:4
• 26. Isaiah 42:5
• 27. Isaiah 45:12
• 28. Genesis 1:2
• 29. Genesis 1:26; Psalms 115:16
• 30. Isaiah 45:5
• 31. Isaiah 48:16
• 32. Isaiah 45:25; Isaiah 65:9
• 33. 2 Chronicles 15:2; Psalms 78:34; Jeremiah 29:13, 14
• 34. Psalms 19:8; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 63:1
• 35. Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 44:8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Fashioner"
• [b] Or "Will you ask"
• [c] Or "upon"
• [d] Or "commanded"
• [e] Lit "labor"
• [f] Or "Ethiopia"
• [g] Or "God is with you alone"
• [h] Or "in"
• [i] Or "in vain"
• [j] Lit "a place of a land of darkness"
• [k] Lit "seed"
• [l] Or "vain"