Isaiah 45:12

¹²It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.i

Isaiah 45 is a stunning declaration of God's sovereignty over history, delivered through the prophet to a people in exile. The chapter centers on Cyrus, the Persian king, whom God calls his “anointed” — a shocking title for a pagan ruler. Through Cyrus, God will liberate Israel and