Isaiah 45:11-19

New International Version

¹¹“This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One^(A) of Israel, and its Maker:^(B)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?^(C)
¹²It is I who made the earth^(D)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;^(E)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.^(F)
¹³I will raise up Cyrus^[a]^(G) in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.^(H)
He will rebuild my city^(I)
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,^(J)
    says the Lord Almighty.”

¹⁴This is what the Lord says:

“The products^(K) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,^[b]
    and those tall Sabeans^(L)—
they will come over to you^(M)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,^(N)
    coming over to you in chains.^(O)
They will bow down before you
    and plead^(P) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,^(Q) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.^(R)’”

¹⁵Truly you are a God who has been hiding^(S) himself,
    the God and Savior^(T) of Israel.
¹⁶All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;^(U)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
¹⁷But Israel will be saved^(V) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;^(W)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,^(X)
    to ages everlasting.

¹⁸For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,^(Y)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,^(Z)
    but formed it to be inhabited^(AA)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.^(AB)
¹⁹I have not spoken in secret,^(AC)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;^(AD)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,^(AE)
    ‘Seek^(AF) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.^(AG)