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“I myself will go before you,
    and he[a] will make the mountains[b] level;
I’ll shatter bronze doors
    and cut through iron bars.
I’ll give you concealed treasures[c]
    and riches hidden in secret places,
so that you’ll know that it is I, the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
For the sake of Jacob my servant,
    Israel[d] my chosen,
I’ve called you,
    and he has established you with a name,[e]
        although you have not acknowledged me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read I
  2. Isaiah 45:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; MT reads hills
  3. Isaiah 45:3 Lit. treasures of darkness
  4. Isaiah 45:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and Israel
  5. Isaiah 45:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads I have called you by your name, given you a title; LXX reads I will call you by your name, and receive you

I will go before you(A)
    and will level(B) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(C) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.(D)
I will give you hidden treasures,(E)
    riches stored in secret places,(F)
so that you may know(G) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.(H)
For the sake of Jacob my servant,(I)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge(J) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

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:

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 thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

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.

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