20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
(A)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.
(B)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
(C)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,
(D)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (E)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every (F)knee shall bow,
(G)Every tongue shall take an oath.
24 He shall say,
[a]‘Surely in the Lord I have (H)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (I)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
25 (J)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and (K)shall glory.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength

20 “Gather together(A) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(B) are those who carry(C) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(D)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(E) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(F)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(G)
a righteous God(H) and a Savior;(I)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(J) to me and be saved,(K)
    all you ends of the earth;(L)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(M)
23 By myself I have sworn,(N)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(O)
    a word that will not be revoked:(P)
Before me every knee will bow;(Q)
    by me every tongue will swear.(R)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(S) and strength.(T)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(U)
25 But all the descendants(V) of Israel
    will find deliverance(W) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(X)

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