¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
^(A)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 ^(B)inhabited:
^(C)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
^(A)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.
^(B)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
^(C)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,
^(D)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.