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14 Thus says Yahweh,

“The fruit of the labor of (A)Egypt and the profit of [a](B)Ethiopia
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will (C)come over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you; they will come over in (D)chains
And will (E)bow down to you;
They will make supplication to you:
[b]Surely, (F)God is [c]with you, and (G)there is none else,
No other God.’”
15 Truly, You are a God who (H)hides Himself,
O God of Israel, (I)Savior!
16 They will be (J)put to shame and even dishonored, all of them;
The (K)craftsmen of idols will go away together in dishonor.
17 Israel has been saved by Yahweh
With an (L)everlasting salvation;
You (M)will not be put to shame or dishonored
To all eternity.

18 For thus says Yahweh, who (N)created the heavens (He is the God who (O)formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it [d]a (P)formless place, but formed it to be (Q)inhabited),

“I am Yahweh, and (R)there is none else.
19 (S)I have not spoken in secret,
In [e]some dark land;
I did not say to the (T)seed of Jacob,
(U)Seek Me in [f]a formless place’;
I, Yahweh, (V)speak righteousness,
(W)Declaring things that are upright.

20 (X)Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations;
(Y)They do not know,
Who (Z)carry about their graven image of wood
And (AA)pray to a god who cannot save.
21 (AB)Declare and draw near with your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
(AC)Who has made this heard from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, Yahweh?
And there is (AD)no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a (AE)Savior;
There is none except Me.
22 (AF)Turn to Me and (AG)be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (AH)I have sworn by Myself,
The (AI)word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (AJ)every knee will bow, every tongue will (AK)swear allegiance.
24 They will say of Me, ‘Only (AL)in Yahweh are righteousness and strength.’
Men will come to Him,
And (AM)all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25 In Yahweh all the seed of Israel
Will be (AN)justified and will (AO)boast.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:14 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  2. Isaiah 45:14 Or God is with you alone
  3. Isaiah 45:14 Or in
  4. Isaiah 45:18 Or in vain
  5. Isaiah 45:19 Lit a place of a land of darkness
  6. Isaiah 45:19 Or vain

14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products(A) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[a]
    and those tall Sabeans(B)
they will come over to you(C)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(D)
    coming over to you in chains.(E)
They will bow down before you
    and plead(F) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(G) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.(H)’”

15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding(I) himself,
    the God and Savior(J) of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(K)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(L) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(M)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(N)
    to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(O)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(P)
    but formed it to be inhabited(Q)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(R)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(S)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(T)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(U)
    ‘Seek(V) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(W)

20 “Gather together(X) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(Y) are those who carry(Z) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(AA)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(AB) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(AC)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(AD)
a righteous God(AE) and a Savior;(AF)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(AG) to me and be saved,(AH)
    all you ends of the earth;(AI)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(AJ)
23 By myself I have sworn,(AK)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(AL)
    a word that will not be revoked:(AM)
Before me every knee will bow;(AN)
    by me every tongue will swear.(AO)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(AP) and strength.(AQ)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(AR)
25 But all the descendants(AS) of Israel
    will find deliverance(AT) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(AU)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region