18 For thus says the Lord,
(A)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it [a]in vain,
Who formed it to be (B)inhabited:
(C)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in (D)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [b]in vain’;
(E)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
(F)They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
21 Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
(G)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
(H)And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.

22 “Look to Me, and be saved,
(I)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (J)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every (K)knee shall bow,
(L)Every tongue shall take an oath.
24 He shall say,
[c]‘Surely in the Lord I have (M)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (N)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:18 Or empty, a waste
  2. Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place
  3. Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength

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