Isaiah 45:11-13
English Standard Version
11 Thus says (A)the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(B)“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me (C)concerning my children and (D)the work of my hands?[a]
12 (E)I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands (F)that stretched out the heavens,
and (G)I commanded all their host.
13 (H)I have stirred him up in righteousness,
(I)and I will make all his ways level;
(J)he shall build my city
(K)and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
Isaiah 45:18-25
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.
25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall glory.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness
- Isaiah 45:23 Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God
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