Isaiah 45:14–25

The Lord, the Only Savior

¹⁴Thus says the Lord:

^b“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush

And of the Sabeans, men of stature,

Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;

They shall walk behind you,

They shall come over ^cin chains;

And they shall bow down to you.

They will make supplication to you, saying, ^d‘Surely God is in you,

And there is no other;

^eThere is no other God.’ ”

¹⁵Truly You are God, ^fwho hide Yourself,

O God of Israel, the Savior!

¹⁶They shall be ^gashamed

And also disgraced, all of them;

They shall go in confusion together,

Who are makers of idols.

^17hBut Israel shall be saved by the Lord

With an ⁱeverlasting salvation;

You shall not be ashamed or ^jdisgraced

Forever and ever.

¹⁸For thus says the Lord,

^kWho created the heavens,

Who is God,

Who formed the earth and made it,

Who has established it,

Who did not create it ⁵in vain,

Who formed it to be ^linhabited:

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

¹⁹I have not spoken in ⁿsecret,

In a dark place of the earth;

I did not say to the seed of Jacob,

‘Seek Me ⁶in vain’;

^oI, the Lord, speak righteousness,

I declare things that are right.

²⁰“Assemble yourselves and come;

Draw near together,

You who have escaped from the nations.

^pThey have no knowledge,

Who carry the wood of their carved image,

And pray to a god that cannot save.

²¹Tell and bring forth your case;

Yes, let them take counsel together.

^qWho has declared this from ancient time?

Who has told it from that time?

Have not I, the Lord?

^rAnd there is no other God besides Me,

A just God and a Savior;

There is none besides Me.

²²“Look to Me, and be saved,

^sAll you ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

^23tI have sworn by Myself;

The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,

And shall not return,

That to Me every ^uknee shall bow,

^vEvery tongue shall take an oath.

²⁴He shall say,

⁷‘Surely in the Lord I have ^wrighteousness and strength.

To Him men shall come,

And ^xall shall be ashamed

Who are incensed against Him.

^25yIn the Lord all the descendants of Israel

Shall be justified, and ^zshall glory.’ ”