18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(A)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(B)
    but formed it to be inhabited(C)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(D)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(E)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(F)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(G)
    ‘Seek(H) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(I)

20 “Gather together(J) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(K) are those who carry(L) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(M)

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