Isaiah 45:14–25

The Lord, the Only Savior

¹⁴Thus says the Lord:

^q“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

shall come over to you ^rand be yours;

they shall follow you;

they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.

They will plead with you, saying:

‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,

no god besides him.’ ”

^15sTruly, you are a God who hides himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

^16tAll of them are put to shame and confounded;

the makers of idols go in confusion together.

¹⁷But Israel is saved by the Lord

with everlasting salvation;

^uyou shall not be put to shame or confounded

to all eternity.

^18vFor thus says the Lord,

who created the heavens

(he is God!),

who formed the earth and made it

(he established it;

he ^wdid not create it empty,

^xhe formed it to be inhabited!):

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

^19yI did not speak in secret,

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

^z‘Seek me in vain.’³

I the Lord speak ^athe truth;

I declare what is right.

^20b“Assemble yourselves and come;

draw near together,

you survivors of the nations!

^cThey have no knowledge

who ^dcarry about their wooden idols,

^eand keep on praying to a god

that cannot save.

^21fDeclare and present your case;

let them take counsel together!

Who told this long ago?

Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God ^gand a Savior;

there is none besides me.

²²“Turn to me and be saved,

^hall the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

²³ⁱBy myself I have sworn;

from my mouth has gone out in ^jrighteousness

a word that shall not return:

^k‘To me every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear allegiance.’⁴

^24l“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,

are righteousness and ^mstrength;

to him shall come and be ashamed

ⁿall who were incensed against him.

²⁵In the Lord all the offspring of Israel

shall be justified and shall glory.”