Cyrus, by God's providence overcoming Babylon, will deliver the Jews from captivity. 4. Yet is reprehended because he acknowledgeth not God. 8. Upon which occasion the prophet foresheweth the coming of Christ; 14. in figure of whom he addeth more of Cyrus: 18. and avoucheth that there is but one true God.Cyrus, by Gods prouidence ouercoming Babylon, wil deliuer the Iewes from captiuitie. 4. Yet is reprehended because he acknowlegeth not God. 8. Vpon which occasion the prophet foresheweth the coming of Christ; 14. in figure of whom he addeth more of Cyrus: 18. and auoucheth that there is but one true God.✦
Thus saith the Lord to my christ Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken, to subdue the Gentiles before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.THVS sayth the Lord to my christ Cyrus, whose right hand I haue taken, to subdew the Gentiles before his face, and to turne the backes of kinges, & to open the doores before him, and the gates shal not be shut.✦Hæc dicit Dominus christo meo Cyro, cujus apprehendi dexteram, ut subjiciam ante faciem ejus gentes, et dorsa regum vertam, et aperiam coram eo januas, et portæ non claudentur :
2I will go before thee, and will humble the glorious of the earth: I will break the brazen gates, and will burst the iron bars.I wil goe before thee, and wil humble the glorious of the earth: I wil breake the brasen gates, and wil burst the iron barres.Ego ante te ibo, et gloriosos terræ humiliabo ; portas æreas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam :
3And I will give thee hidden treasures, and mysteries of secrets: that thou mayst know that I am the Lord, which call thy name, the God of Israel.And I wil geue thee hidden treasures, & mysteries of secretes: that thou mayst know that I am the Lord, which cal thy name, the God of Israel.✦et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum, ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israël,
4For my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, and I have called thee by thy name: I have assimilavi: likened, surnamed thee, and thou hast not known me.For my seruant Iacob, and Israel myne elect, and I haue called thee by thy name: I haue resembled thee, and thou hast not knowen me.✦propter servum meum Jacob, et Israël, electum meum ; et vocavi te nomine tuo : assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
5I the Lord, and there is none else: beside me there is no God: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:I the Lord, & there is none els: beside me there is no God: I girded thee, and thou hast not knowen me:✦Ego Dominus, et non est amplius ; extra me non est deus ; accinxi te, et non cognovisti me :
6that they which are from the rising of the sun, and which are from the west may know, that there is none beside me. I the Lord, and there is none other,that they which are from the rising of the sunne, and which are from the west may know, that there is none beside me. I the Lord, and there is none oher,✦ut sciant hi qui ab ortu solis et qui ab occidente, quoniam absque me non est : ego Dominus, et non est alter :
7that form light, and create darkness, make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.that forme light, and create darknesse, make peace, and create euil: I the Lord that doe al these thinges.✦formans lucem et creans tenebras, faciens pacem et creans malum : ego Dominus faciens omnia hæc.
8Drop dew ye heavens from above, and let the clouds rain the just: be the earth opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up withal: I the Lord have created him.Droppe dew ye heauens from aboue, and let the cloudes rayne the iust: be the earth opened, and bud forth a sauiour: and let iustice spring vp withal: I the Lord haue created him.✦Rorate, cæli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum ; aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem, et justitia oriatur simul : ego Dominus creavi eum.
9Woe to him that contradicit: contradicteth, speaketh against his maker, a testa: a fragment of an earthen pot of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What makest thou, and thy work is without hands?Woe to him that gainesayeth his maker, a sheard of the earthen pottes: shal the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What makest thou, & thy worke is without handes?✦Væ qui contradicit fictori suo, testa de samiis terræ ! Numquid dicet lutum figulo suo : Quid facis, et opus tuum absque manibus est ?
10Woe to him that saith to his father: Why dost thou beget? and to the woman: Why dost thou parturis: journey; labour in childbirth?Woe to him that sayth to his father: Why doest thou beget? and to the woman: Why doest thou trauel?✦Væ qui dicit patri : Quid generas ? et mulieri : Quid parturis ?
11Thus saith our Lord the holy one of Israel the maker thereof: Ask me things to come: concerning my children and the work of my hands command you me.Thus sayth our Lord the holy one ef Israel the maker therof: Aske me thinges to come: concerning my children and the worke of my handes command you me.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, Sanctus Israël, plastes ejus : Ventura interrogate me ; super filios meos et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
12I made the earth: and man upon the same I have created: my hands stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.I made the earth: & man vpon the same I haue created: my handes stretched forth the heauens, and I haue commanded al their host.✦Ego feci terram, et hominem super eam creavi ego : manus meæ tetenderunt cælos, et omni militiæ eorum mandavi.
13I have raised him up to justice, and will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and dismiss my captivity: not for price, nor for gifts, saith our Lord the God of hosts.I haue raysed him vp to iustice, & wil direct al his wayes: he shal build my citie, & dismisse my captiuitie: not for price, nor for giftes, sayth our Lord the God of hostes.✦Ego suscitavi eum ad justitiam, et omnes vias ejus dirigam ; ipse ædificabit civitatem meam, et captivitatem meam dimittet, non in pretio neque in muneribus, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
14Thus saith our Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim the high men shall pass to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall adore thee, and shall beseech thee: Only in thee is God, and there is no God beside thee.Thus sayth our Lord: The labour of Aegypt, and the merchandise of Aethiopia, and of Sabaim the high men shal passe to thee, & shal be thine: they shal walke after thee, they shal goe bound with manicles: and they shal adore thee, and shal beseche thee: Onlie in thee is God, and there is no God beside thee.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Labor Ægypti, et negotiatio Æthiopiæ, et Sabaim viri sublimes ad te transibunt, et tui erunt ; post te ambulabunt, vincti manicis pergent, et te adorabunt, teque deprecabuntur. Tantum in te est Deus, et non est absque te deus.
15Verily thou art God hidden, the God of Israel a saviour.Verely thou art God hidden, the God of Israel a sauiour.✦Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israël, salvator.
16They are all confounded, and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.They are al confounded, and ashamed: the forgers of errours are gone together into confusion.✦Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes : simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
17Israel is saved in our Lord with eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.Israel is saued in our Lord with eternal saluation: you shal not be confounded, and you shal not be ashamed for euer and euer.✦Israël salvatus est in Domino salute æterna ; non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in sæculum sæculi.
18Because thus saith our Lord that created the heavens, the very God that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: to be inhabited he formed it. I the Lord, and there is none other.Because thus sayth our Lord that created the heauens, the verie God that formed the earth, and made it, the verie maker therof: he did not create it in vaine: to be inhabited he formed it. I the Lord, and there is none other.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus creans cælos, ipse Deus formans terram et faciens eam, ipse plastes ejus ; non in vanum creavit eam : ut habitaretur formavit eam : Ego Dominus, et non est alius.
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.I haue not spoken in secrete, in a darke place of the earth: I haue not sayd to the seede of Iacob: Seeke me in vayne. I the Lord that speake iustice, that declare right thinges.✦Non in abscondito locutus sum, in loco terræ tenebroso ; non dixi semini Jacob frustra : Quærite me : ego Dominus loquens justitiam, annuntians recta.
20Gather ye together, and come, and approach together ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have been ignorant that lift up the wood of their graven work, and ask of a God that saveth not.Gather ye together, and come, and approch together ye that are saued of the Gentiles: they haue bene ignorant that lift vp the wood of their grauen worke, and aske of a God that saueth not.✦Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex gentibus : nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturæ suæ, et rogant deum non salvantem.
21Declare ye, and come, and consult together: who hath made this to be heard from the beginning, from that time foretold this? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God besides but I? A just God, and that saveth there is none beside me.Declare ye, and come, and consult together: who hath made this to be heard from the begynning, from that time foretold this? Haue not I the Lord, and there is no God besides but I? A iust God, and that saueth there is none beside me.✦Annuntiate, et venite, et consiliamini simul. Quis auditum fecit hoc ab initio, ex tunc prædixit illud ? numquid non ego Dominus, et non est ultra deus absque me ? Deus justus, et salvans non est præter me.
22Be converted to me, and you shall be saved all ye ends of the earth: because I am God, and there is none other.Be conuerted to me, and you shal be saued al ye endes of the earth: because I am God, and there is none other.✦Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis, omnes fines terræ, quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
23I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall proceed out of my mouth, and shall not return, because every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.I haue sworne by my self, the word of iustice shal procede out of my mouth, and shal not returne, because euerie knee shal be bowed to me, and euerie tongue shal sweare.✦In memetipso juravi ; egredietur de ore meo justitiæ verbum, et non revertetur : quia mihi curvabitur omne genu, et jurabit omnis lingua.
24Therefore in our Lord, shall he say, are my justitiae: righteous acts, deeds of righteousness and imperium: dominion, sovereign rule: they shall come to him, and all that resist him, shall be confounded.Therfore in our Lord, shal he say, are my iustices and empire: they shal come to him, and al that resist him, shal be confounded.✦Ergo in Domino, dicet, meæ sunt justitiæ et imperium ; ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
25In our Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.In our Lord shal al the seede of Israel be iustified and praysed.✦In Domino justificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.