Isaiah 45:18-24

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.
^21 (K)Declare and present your case;
    let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
    Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God ^(L)and a Savior;
    there is none besides me.

²² “Turn to me and be saved,
    ^(M)all the ends of the earth!
    For I am God, and there is no other.
^23 (N)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in ^(O)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
^(P)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’^[b]

^24 (Q)“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
    are righteousness and ^(R)strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
    ^(S)all who were incensed against him.