Isaiah 45:3

And have given to you treasures of darkness, || Even treasures of secret places, || So that you know that I, YHWH, || Who am calling on your name—[am] the God of Israel.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

In Context

2“I go before you, and make crooked places straight, || I shatter doors of bronze, || And I cut bars of iron apart,

4For the sake of My servant Jacob, || And of Israel My chosen, || I also call you by your name, I surname you, || And you have not known Me.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:12And Moses says to YHWH, “See, You are saying to me, Bring up this people, and You have not caused me to know whom You send with me; and You have said, I have known you by name, and you have also found grace in My eyes.

2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, let Your word be steadfast that You have spoken to Your servant, to David.

Isaiah 41:23Declare the things that are coming hereafter, || And we know that you [are] gods, || Indeed, you may do good or do evil, || And we look around and see [it] together.

Isaiah 48:15I have spoken, indeed, I have called him, I have brought him in, || And he has made his way prosperous.

Jeremiah 27:5Thus you say to your lords, I have made the earth with man, and the livestock that [are] on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I have given it to whom it has been right in My eyes.

Jeremiah 50:37A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, || And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, || And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, || And they have been spoiled;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:2-5

Prophecies Concerning Cyrus. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that… Read the whole commentary →

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