⁸ “Rain^(P) down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.

⁹ “Woe to him who strives with ^(Q)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
^(R)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:
^(S)“Ask Me of things to come concerning ^(T)My sons;
And concerning ^(U)the work of My hands, you command Me.
^12 (V)I have made the earth,
And ^(W)created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And ^(X)all their host I have commanded.
^13 (Y)I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will ^[d]direct all his ways;
He shall ^(Z)build My city
And let My exiles go free,
^(AA)Not for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

^(AB)“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 ^(AC)in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, ^(AD)‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
^(AE)There is no other God.’ ”

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

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord,
^(AK)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it ^[e]in vain,
Who formed it to be ^(AL)inhabited:
^(AM)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in ^(AN)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me ^[f]in vain’;
^(AO)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.
^(AP)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.
^(AQ)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
^(AR)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,
^(AS)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
^23 (AT)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every ^(AU)knee shall bow,
^(AV)Every tongue shall take an oath.
²⁴ He shall say,
^[g]‘Surely in the Lord I have ^(AW)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And ^(AX)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
^25 (AY)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and ^(AZ)shall glory.’ ”

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

⁵ “To^(BG) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
^6 (BH)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(BI)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
^7 (BJ)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 ^(BK)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁸ “Remember this, and ^[i]show yourselves men;
^(BL)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
^9 (BM)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and ^(BN)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
^10 (BO)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ^(BP)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
¹¹ Calling a bird of prey ^(BQ)from the east,
The man ^(BR)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed ^(BS)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 ^(BT)stubborn-hearted,
^(BU)Who are far from righteousness:
^13 (BV)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation ^(BW)shall not ^[j]linger.
And I will place ^(BX)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.

^(A)I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

^2 (B)The works of the Lord are great,
^(C)Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
³ His work is ^(D)honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
⁴ He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
^(E)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
⁵ He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
⁶ He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the ^[b]heritage of the nations.