3 I will give you the wealth that is stored awayand the hidden richesso you will know I am the Lord,the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
4 I do these things for my servants, the people of Jacob,and for my chosen people, the Israelites.Cyrus, I call you by name,and I give you a title of honor even though you don’t know me.
5 I am the Lord. There is no other God;I am the only God.I will make you strong,even though you don’t know me,
6 so that everyone will knowthere is no other God.From the east to the west they will knowI alone am the Lord.
7 I made the light and the darkness.I bring peace, and I cause troubles.I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 “Sky above, make victory fall like rain;clouds, pour down victory.Let the earth receive it,and let salvation grow,and let victory grow with it.I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “How terrible it will be for those who argue with the God who made them.They are like a piece of broken pottery among many pieces.The clay does not ask the potter,‘What are you doing?’The thing that is made doesn’t say to its maker,‘You have no hands.’