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)

²² “Turn^(A) to me and be saved,^(B)
    all you ends of the earth;^(C)
    for I am God, and there is no other.^(D)
23 By myself I have sworn,^(E)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(F)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(G)
Before me every knee will bow;^(H)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(I)

“‘As surely as I live,’^(A) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”^[a](B)