Isaiah 45:14-19

English Standard Version

The Lord, the Only Savior

¹⁴Thus says the Lord:
^(A)“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
    and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you ^(B)and be yours;
    they shall follow you;
    they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
    ‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
    no god besides him.’”

¹⁵^(C)Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
    O God of Israel, the Savior.
¹⁶^(D)All of them are put to shame and confounded;
    the makers of idols go in confusion together.
¹⁷But Israel is saved by the Lord
    with everlasting salvation;
^(E)you shall not be put to shame or confounded
    to all eternity.

¹⁸^(F)For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
    (he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
    (he established it;
he ^(G)did not create it empty,
    ^(H)he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
¹⁹^(I)I did not speak in secret,
    in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    ^(J)‘Seek me in vain.’^[a]
I the Lord speak ^(K)the truth;
    I declare what is right.