Isaiah 45-47 - Turn to Me and Be Saved

From Thursday's Bible reading:

Isaiah 45:

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:

I will go before you
and level the exalted places,
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the LORD,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.

Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!

Woe to him who says to a father, What are you begetting?
or to a woman, With what are you in labor?

Thus says the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:

Ask me of things to come;
will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
I have stirred him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,

says the LORD of hosts.

For thus says the LORD,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):

I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
Seek me in vain.
I the LORD speak the truth;
I declare what is right.

Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.

By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness
a word that shall not return:

To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.

Isaiah 46:

Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
you who are far from righteousness:
I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
and my salvation will not delay;
I will put salvation in Zion,
for Israel my glory.

Isaiah 47:

You felt secure in your wickedness,
you said, No one sees me;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
I am, and there is no one besides me.

But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.