Isaiah 45:18–22

¹⁸The Lord created the heavens.

He is God.

He formed the earth and made it.

He set it firmly in place.

He didn’t create it to be empty.

Instead, he formed it for people to live on.

He says, “I am the Lord.

There is no other Lord.

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret.

I have not spoken from a dark place.

I have not said to Jacob’s people,

‘It is useless to look for me.’

I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.

I always say what is right.

²⁰“Come together, you people of the nations

who escaped from Babylonia.

Gather together and come into court.

Only people who do not know anything

would carry around gods that are made out of wood.

They pray to gods that can’t save them.

²¹Tell me what will happen. State your case.

Talk it over together.

Who spoke long ago about what would happen?

Who said it a long time ago?

I did. I am the Lord.

I am the one and only God.

I always do what is right.

I am the one who saves.

There is no God but me.

²²“All of you who live anywhere on earth,

turn to me and be saved.

I am God. There is no other God.