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Nov 1, 2024 6:26 PM

  Isaiah 45:5-6 In-Context

  3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

  4 For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me.

  5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,

  6 so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

  7 I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.

  8 "You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it.

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