Isaiah 45:18-20
International Standard Version
18 For this is what the Lord says,
who created the heavens—
he is God,
and[a] the one who formed the earth and made it,
and[b] he is the one who established it;
he didn’t create it for[c] chaos,
but formed it to be inhabited—
“I am the Lord and there is no other.
19 I didn’t speak in secret,
from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I didn’t say to Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in chaos.’
I, the Lord, speak truth,
declaring what is right.
20 “Gather together and come;
draw near and enter,[d]
your fugitives from the nations.
Those who carry around their wooden idols
know nothing,
nor do those who keep praying to a god
that cannot save.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 45:18 Or it to remain in a state of; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks for
- Isaiah 45:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read together
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