19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
    ‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(E)

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

22 “Turn(O) to me and be saved,(P)
    all you ends of the earth;(Q)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(R)

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19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

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