2 ‘I will go before youAnd make the crooked places straight;I will break in pieces the gates of bronzeAnd cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darknessAnd hidden riches of secret places,That you may know that I, the Lord,Who call you by your name,Am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob My servant’s sake,And Israel My elect,I have even called you by your name;I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;There is no God besides Me.I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its settingThat there is none besides Me.I am the Lord, and there is no other;
7 I form the light and create darkness,I make peace and create calamity;I, the Lord, do all these things.’
8 “Rain down, you heavens, from above,And let the skies pour down righteousness;Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,And let righteousness spring up together.I, the Lord, have created it.