Isaiah 45:14–25

¹⁴Thus says the Lord:

The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush

and the Sabeans, tall of stature,

shall come over to you and be yours;

they shall follow you;

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

They will make supplication to you, saying,

“God is with you alone, and there is no other;

there is no god besides him.”^*

¹⁵Truly, you are a God who hides himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.^*

¹⁶All of them are put to shame and confounded;

the makers of idols go in disgrace together.^*

¹⁷But Israel is saved by the Lord

with everlasting salvation;

you shall not be put to shame or confounded

ever again.^*

¹⁸For thus says the Lord,

who created the heavens

(he is God!),

who formed the earth and made it

(he established it;

he did not create it a chaos;

he formed it to be inhabited!):

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

¹⁹I did not speak in secret

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

“Seek me in chaos.”

I the Lord speak the truth;

I declare what is right.^*

Idols Cannot Save Babylon

²⁰Assemble yourselves and come together;

draw near, you survivors of the nations!

They have no knowledge—

those who carry about their wooden idols

and keep on praying to a god

that cannot save.^*

²¹Declare and present your case;

take counsel together!^m

Who told this long ago?

Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, the Lord?

There is no other god besides me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

there is no one besides me.^*

²²Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.^*

²³By myself I have sworn;

from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness

a word that shall not return:

“To me every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear.”^*

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

are righteousness and strength;

all who were incensed against him

shall come to him and be ashamed.^*

²⁵In the Lord all the offspring of Israel

shall triumph and glory.^*