Isaiah 45:14–25

¹⁴Thus says the Lord:

“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia,

and the Sabeans, men 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 only, and there is no other,

no god besides him.’ ”

¹⁵Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

¹⁶All 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;

you shall not be put to shame or confounded

to all eternity.

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.

²⁰“Assemble yourselves and come,

draw near together,

you survivors of the nations!

They have no knowledge

who carry about their wooden idols,

and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.

²¹Declare 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 and a Savior;

there is none besides me.

²²“Turn 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.’

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

are righteousness and strength;

to him shall come and be ashamed,

all who were incensed against him.

²⁵In the Lord all the offspring of Israel

shall triumph and glory.”