Targum Isaiah

1Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whom I hold firm by his right hand, to deliver the nations unto him; and I will loose the loins of the kings, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.

2My WORD shall go before thee, I will have a way in the plains ;I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.

3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden treasures, that thou mayest know, that I, the Lord, who called thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, yea, I have called thee by thy name; I have guided thee, though thou hast not known that thou shouldest fear me.

5I am the Lord, and none else; there is no God beside me: I have supported thee, though thou hast not known that thou shouldest fear me:

6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west; I am the Lord, and there is none else:

7Who prepares the light, and creates darkness, makes peace, and creates punishment for evil. I the Lord do all these things.

8Let the heavens drop down from above, and the clouds flow with good, let the earth open itself, and the dead live, and let righteousness be revealed together; I the Lord have created them.

9Woe to him who thinks of striving against the words of his Creator, and trusts that the images of a potter shall do him good, which are made out of the dust of the earth. Is it possible, that the clay could say to him that worketh it, Thou hast not made me? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10Woe to him that saith to his father, What begettest thou? and to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?

11Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and He that formed him, Ye question me about things concerning my people, which shall come to pass; and will ye command me concerning the work of my power?

12It is I who have made the earth by my WORD, and I have created man upon it; it is I who have suspended the heavens by my power, and I have laid the foundation of all the hosts of them.

13It is I who will verily bring him forth publicly, and all his paths I will direct: he shall build my city, and he shall let the captives of my people go, not for a price nor for money, saith the Lord of hosts.

14Thus saith the Lord, the wealth of Egypt, and the merchandize of Ethiopia and of the men of of the Sabeans, the men of traffic, shall come unto thee, and thine they shall be: they shall walk according to thy command; they shall pass along in chains; and they shall bow down unto thee, and shall supplicate thee, saying, Verily God is in thee, and there is no God whatever besides Him.

15Verily, thou art He, who dost make Thy Shekinah to dwell in the highest heaven, O God of Israel, the Saviour!

16They shall be ashamed and confounded, all of them: the worshippers of images shall walk in confusion.

17Israel shall be saved by the WORD of the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded for ever, yea, for ages after ages.

18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; He who laid the foundation of the earth and made it, is God; He formed it, He created it not in vain; but He formed it, that the sons of man should multiply upon it. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of the house of Jacob, Seek me reverently in vain; I the Lord speak the truth, declaring upright things.

20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they know nothing that carry about their wooden images, and who pray unto a god who shall not save.

21Tell ye, and draw ye near; yea, take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God whatever besides me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none but I.

22Turn unto my WORD, and be ye saved, all that are at the ends of the earth: for I am the Lord, and there is none else.

23I have sworn by my WORD, the word is gone forth in righteousness from my presence, and shall not fail, That before me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24Surely, He has promised to bring me righteousness and strength by the WORD of the Lord. In His WORD they shall offer praise, and all the nations that are incensed against His people shall be ashamed.

25In the WORD of the Lord all the seed of Israel shall be justified and glorified.