Isaiah 45: Look to Me and Be Saved

God spoke to Cyrus, calling him his anointed, and promised to open doors and gates before him. God would do this so that Cyrus and all people would know that he is Yahweh: I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. God, who made the earth and stretched out the heavens, warned that the clay should not argue with the potter. He would raise Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem and free the exiles without price. God did not create the earth to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. He invited the whole world: Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. Every knee would bow to him.

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¹ Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their armor, to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who calls you by your name, even the God of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Isaiah 45 · Preschool

Look to God

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Color the people from all over the earth looking up to God. God invites everyone to come to Him.

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Bible Verse

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God wants people everywhere to look to Him and be saved. He loves the whole world. Let's practice saying: I look to God.

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Isaiah 45 · Grade 4

God Calls Cyrus by Name

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Isaiah 45 opens with a surprise. God speaks "to his anointed, to Cyrus," a Persian king. God would open doors for him "and the gates shall not be shut." God had called Cyrus by name "though you have not known me." Why? So that people from east to west would know "there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else."

Some might complain about God using a foreign king. God answers with a picture: "Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth!" Clay doesn't tell the potter what to make. God reminds them, "I have made the earth, and created man on it." Cyrus would "build my city" and free the exiles "not for price nor reward."

God "formed it to be inhabited." He did not speak in secret. Then comes a call to the whole world: "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other." God swears "that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath." In the New Testament, Philippians 2:10-11 applies this to Jesus.

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Who is called God's anointed in this chapter?
What picture does God use for people who argue with Him?
What would Cyrus do for God's people?
Which New Testament passage applies every knee bowing to Jesus?

Think About It

God used Cyrus even though Cyrus did not know Him. How does that show God is in control of history?
God invites all the ends of the earth to look to Him. How can you help others look to God?

Memory Verse

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:22 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for saving all who look to You. Help me . Amen.

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What does anointed mean?
What does verse 7 teach about God?

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Isaiah 45 · Grade 5

Shall the Clay Question the Potter?

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Read and Think

Isaiah 45 is the only place in the Old Testament where a non-Israelite king is called God's "anointed" (Hebrew mashiach). Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Babylon in 539 BC, and Ezra 1 records his decree to rebuild the temple. God's purpose is stated three times: that Cyrus would know, that Israel would be served, and that the whole world would know "there is no one besides me." The famous line "I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity" declares God's sovereignty over all events, against Persian dualism that taught two equal powers of good and evil.

Verses 9-13 answer objections with two images: clay questioning the potter and a child questioning its parents. God's choices are not open to his creatures' veto. Paul uses the potter image in Romans 9:20-21 in the New Testament. Yet God's rule is not random: he "didn't create it a waste" but "formed it to be inhabited," and he did not speak "in a place of the land of darkness."

The climax is universal: "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth." God swears an oath by himself "that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath." In the New Testament, Paul quotes this in Romans 14:11 and applies it to Christ in Philippians 2:10-11. The chapter closes, "All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!"

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What is unique about Cyrus being called God's anointed?
What belief does verse 7 counter?
Where does Paul use the potter image?
Where does Paul quote verse 23?

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Israel will be ____ by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation.
I form the ____ and create darkness.
In a place of the land of ____.

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The God who formed the ____ and made it.
For Yahweh who created the ____.

Think About It

God works even through people who do not know Him. How should that affect how we see world leaders and events?
God swore that every knee would bow. How does this promise give hope for the future?

Memory Verse

“I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.”

Isaiah 45:23 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for saving all who look to You. Help me . Amen.

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All of Israel's offspring would glory in God. How can you boast in God rather than yourself?
How does knowing God rules over all calm you?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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