Isaiah 45:11-13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[a] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(A)
12 I made the earth
and created humankind upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.(B)
13 I have aroused Cyrus[b] in righteousness,
and I will make all his paths straight;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,
says the Lord of hosts.(C)
Isaiah 45:18-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 For 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.(A)
19 I 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.(B)
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