Isaiah 45:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 so that all may know, from the rising of the sun
to its setting, that there is none besides me.[a]
I am the Lord, there is no other.
7 I form the light, and create the darkness,
I make weal and create woe;[b]
I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,
like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.
Let the earth open and salvation bud forth;
let righteousness spring up with them![c]
I, the Lord, have created this.(A)
Footnotes
- 45:6 The nations will come to know that Israel’s God is the only God; cf. also vv. 20–25.
- 45:7 Create woe: God created and controls all aspects of creation (light and darkness, order and chaos).
- 45:8 The Vulgate rendering gave a messianic sense to this verse, using “just one” and “savior” in place of “justice” and “salvation,” phraseology taken over in the Advent liturgy, e.g., the “Rorate coeli.”
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