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11 This is what the Lord[a] says,
    the Creator of the signs:

“Question me about my children,[b]
    or give me orders about the work of my hands.
12 I myself made the earth
    and personally created humankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the skies;
    I marshaled all their starry hosts.”

God will Bless Cyrus

13 “I have aroused him[c] in righteousness,
    and I’ll make all his pathways smooth.
It is he who will rebuild my city
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price nor reward, ”
    says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX 1QIsaa corrector reads the Lord, the Holy One of Israel
  2. Isaiah 45:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; Lit. my sons and daughters; MT reads says, and its creator: Question me of things to come about my children
  3. Isaiah 45:13 I.e. Cyrus, king of Persia