Isaiah 45:18-25

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸For 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.
²⁴They 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.
²⁵In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be ^(AA)justified and will ^(AB)boast.”