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Isaiah 45

Isa. 45:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have raised him up
`uwr (Hebrew #5782)
to wake (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (a- )wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X master, raise (up), stir up (self).
Pronounce: oor
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5783 through the idea of opening the eyes)
in righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, and I will ζdirect
yashar (Hebrew #3474)
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Pronounce: yaw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
all his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
: he shall build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
h my city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and he shall let go
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
my captives
galuwth (Hebrew #1546)
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
KJV usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).
Pronounce: gaw-looth'
Origin: feminine from 1540
, not for price
mchiyr (Hebrew #4242)
price, payment, wages
KJV usage: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
Pronounce: mekk-eer'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to buy
k nor reward
shachad (Hebrew #7810)
a donation (venal or redemptive)
KJV usage: bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
Pronounce: shakh'-ad
Origin: from 7809
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
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or, make straight.
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2 Chron. 36:22• 22And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, (2 Chron. 36:22)
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Ezra 1:1• 1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, (Ezra 1:1)
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Isa. 52:3• 3For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money. (Isa. 52:3)

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gain, hire, price, sold, worth,
Lord of Hosts,
Righteousness

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Ministry on This Verse

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raised him.
Isa. 45:1‑6• 1Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him--and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut:
 2I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;
 3and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, am the God of Israel.
 4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;
 5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;
 6--that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else; (Isa. 45:1‑6)
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Isa. 41:2,25• 2Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come,--from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. (Isa. 41:2,25)
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Isa. 46:11• 11calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Isa. 46:11)
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Isa. 48:14‑15• 14All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
 15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous. (Isa. 48:14‑15)
in righteousness.
Isa. 42:6• 6I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, (Isa. 42:6)
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Psa. 65:5• 5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. … (Psa. 65:5)
direct.
or, make straight.
Isa. 45:1‑2• 1Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him--and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the gates shall not be shut:
 2I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron; (Isa. 45:1‑2)
he shall build.
Isa. 44:28• 28that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. (Isa. 44:28)
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Isa. 52:5• 5and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned. (Isa. 52:5)
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2 Chron. 36:22‑23• 22And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
 23Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up. (2 Chron. 36:22‑23)
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Ezra 1:3‑11• 3Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel--he is God--which is at Jerusalem.
 4And whosoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the voluntary offering for the house of God which is at Jerusalem.
 5And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem.
 6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
 7And king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put in the house of his god.
 8And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
 9And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine-and-twenty knives,
 10thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
 11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:3‑11)
let go
Isa. 49:25• 25For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children. (Isa. 49:25)
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Isa. 52:2‑3• 2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.
 3For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money. (Isa. 52:2‑3)
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Rom. 3:24‑26• 24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
 25whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
 26for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:24‑26)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:18‑19)
price
Isa. 13:17• 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it. (Isa. 13:17)
• Verses 5, 13 and 14 again refer to Cyrus and the way in which God would raise him up. It would be “in righteousness”, for he would carry into effect the will of God; and to do the will of God is righteousness. (“Isaiah 45” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It is I that have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor rewardf, saith Jehovah of hosts.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "gift," "bribe."