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.’
10 How terrible it will be for the child who says to his father,‘Why are you giving me life?’How terrible it will be for the child who says to his mother,‘Why are you giving birth to me?’ ”