Isaiah 45:14–25

¹⁴The Lord says,

“The goods made in Egypt and Cush

and the tall people of Seba

will come to you

and will become yours.

The Sabeans will walk behind you,

coming along in chains.

They will bow down before you

and pray to you, saying,

‘God is with you,

and there is no other God.’ ”

¹⁵God and Savior of Israel,

you are a God that people cannot see.

¹⁶All the people who make idols will be put to great shame;

they will go off together in disgrace.

¹⁷But Israel will be saved by the Lord,

and that salvation will continue forever.

Never again will Israel be put to shame.

¹⁸The Lord created the heavens.

He is the God who formed the earth and made it.

He did not want it to be empty,

but he wanted life on the earth.

This is what the Lord says:

“I am the Lord. There is no other God.

¹⁹I did not speak in secret

or hide my words in some dark place.

I did not tell the family of Jacob

to look for me in empty places.

I am the Lord, and I speak the truth;

I say what is right.

²⁰“You people who have escaped from other nations,

gather together and come before me;

come near together.

People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing.

They pray to a god who cannot save them.

²¹Tell these people to come to me.

Let them talk about these things together.

Who told you long ago that this would happen?

Who told about it long ago?

I, the Lord, said these things.

There is no other God besides me.

I am the only good God. I am the Savior.

There is no other God.

²²“All people everywhere,

follow me and be saved.

I am God. There is no other God.

²³I will make a promise by my own power,

and my promise is true;

what I say will not be changed.

I promise that everyone will bow before me

and will promise to follow me.

²⁴People will say about me, ‘Goodness and power

come only from the Lord.’ ”

Everyone who has been angry with him

will come to him and be ashamed.

²⁵But with the Lord’s help, the people of Israel

will be found to be good,

and they will praise him.