Isaiah 45:14-46:13

New King James Version

^(A)“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over ^(B)in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, ^(C)‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
^(D)There is no other God.’ ”

¹⁵ Truly You are God, ^(E)who hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior!
¹⁶ They shall be ^(F)ashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols.
^17 (G)But Israel shall be saved by the Lord
With an ^(H)everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or ^(I)disgraced
Forever and ever.

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
^(J)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it ^[a]in vain,
Who formed it to be ^(K)inhabited:
^(L)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in ^(M)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me ^[b]in vain’;
^(N)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
^(O)They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
²¹ Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
^(P)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
^(Q)And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.

²² “Look to Me, and be saved,
^(R)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
^23 (S)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every ^(T)knee shall bow,
^(U)Every tongue shall take an oath.
²⁴ He shall say,
^[c]‘Surely in the Lord I have ^(V)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And ^(W)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
^25 (X)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and ^(Y)shall glory.’ ”

³ “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
^(AC)Who have been upheld by Me from ^[d]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
⁴ Even to your old age, ^(AD)I am He,
And even to gray hairs ^(AE)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

⁵ “To^(AF) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
^6 (AG)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(AH)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
^7 (AI)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(AJ)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this, and ^[e]show yourselves men;
^(AK)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
^9 (AL)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and ^(AM)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
^10 (AN)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ^(AO)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
¹¹ Calling a bird of prey ^(AP)from the east,
The man ^(AQ)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed ^(AR)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

¹² “Listen to Me, you ^(AS)stubborn-hearted,
^(AT)Who are far from righteousness:
^13 (AU)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation ^(AV)shall not ^[f]linger.
And I will place ^(AW)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.