⁹ “Woe to him who strives with ^(A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
^(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
¹⁰ Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

¹¹ Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
^(C)“Ask Me of things to come concerning ^(D)My sons;
And concerning ^(E)the work of My hands, you command Me.
^12 (F)I have made the earth,
And ^(G)created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And ^(H)all their host I have commanded.
^13 (I)I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will ^[a]direct all his ways;
He shall ^(J)build My city
And let My exiles go free,
^(K)Not for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

^(L)“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over ^(M)in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, ^(N)‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
^(O)There is no other God.’ ”

¹⁵ Truly You are God, ^(P)who hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior!
¹⁶ They shall be ^(Q)ashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols.
^17 (R)But Israel shall be saved by the Lord
With an ^(S)everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or ^(T)disgraced
Forever and ever.

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
^(U)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it ^[b]in vain,
Who formed it to be ^(V)inhabited:
^(W)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in ^(X)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me ^[c]in vain’;
^(Y)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
^(Z)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.
^(AA)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
^(AB)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,
^(AC)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
^23 (AD)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every ^(AE)knee shall bow,
^(AF)Every tongue shall take an oath.
²⁴ He shall say,
^[d]‘Surely in the Lord I have ^(AG)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And ^(AH)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
^25 (AI)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and ^(AJ)shall glory.’ ”

³ “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
^(AN)Who have been upheld by Me from ^[e]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
⁴ Even to your old age, ^(AO)I am He,
And even to gray hairs ^(AP)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

⁵ “To^(AQ) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
^6 (AR)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(AS)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
^7 (AT)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(AU)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this, and ^[f]show yourselves men;
^(AV)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
^9 (AW)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and ^(AX)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
^10 (AY)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ^(AZ)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
¹¹ Calling a bird of prey ^(BA)from the east,
The man ^(BB)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed ^(BC)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

¹² “Listen to Me, you ^(BD)stubborn-hearted,
^(BE)Who are far from righteousness:
^13 (BF)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation ^(BG)shall not ^[g]linger.
And I will place ^(BH)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.