GOD ALONE IS THE SAVIOR

14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush

and the Sabeans, men of stature,v

will come over to youw

and will be yours;

they will follow you,

they will come over in chains

and bow down to you.

They will confessH to you,

‘God is indeed with you,x and there is no other;

there is no other God.’ ”

15 Yes, you are a God who hides,y

God of Israel, Savior.z

16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;aa

the makers of idols go in humiliation together.

17 Israel will be saved by the Lord

with an everlasting salvation;

you will not be put to shame or humiliated

for all eternity.ab

18 For this is what the Lord says—

the Creator of the heavens,

the God who formed the earth and made it,

the one who established it

(he did not create it to be a wasteland,

but formed it to be inhabited)ac—

he says, “I am the Lord,

and there is no other.

19 I have not spoken in secret,a

somewhere in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:

Seek me in a wasteland.b

I am the Lord, who speaks righteously,c

who declares what is right.