Isaiah 45:18-20
English Standard Version
18 (A)For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he (B)did not create it empty,
(C)he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 (D)I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
(E)‘Seek me in vain.’[a]
I the Lord speak (F)the truth;
I declare what is right.
20 (G)“Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
(H)They have no knowledge
who (I)carry about their wooden idols,
(J)and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness
Isaiah 45:18-20
New International Version
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)
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