18 For this is what the Lord says, He who (A)created the heavens (He is the God who (B)formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it [a]as a (C)waste place, but formed it to be (D)inhabited):

“I am the Lord, and (E)there is no one else.
19 (F)I have not spoken in secret,
In [b]some dark land;
I did not say to the [c](G)offspring of Jacob,
(H)Seek Me in [d]a wasteland’;
I, the Lord, (I)speak righteousness,
(J)Declaring things that are right.

20 (K)Gather yourselves and come;
Come together, you survivors of the nations!
(L)They have no knowledge,
Who (M)carry around [e]their wooden idol
And (N)pray to a god who cannot save.
21 (O)Declare and present your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
(P)Who has announced this long ago?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is (Q)no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a (R)Savior;
There is none except Me.
22 (S)Turn to Me and (T)be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (U)I have sworn by Myself;
The (V)word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (W)every knee will bow, every tongue will (X)swear allegiance.
24 They will say of Me, ‘Only (Y)in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
People will come to Him,
And (Z)all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be (AA)justified and will (AB)boast.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:18 LXX in vain
  2. Isaiah 45:19 Lit a place of a land of darkness
  3. Isaiah 45:19 Lit seed
  4. Isaiah 45:19 Or vain
  5. Isaiah 45:20 Lit the wood of their carved image

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