Isaiah 45:6

⁶so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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