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17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord
    with everlasting salvation;
you won’t be put to shame or disgraced ever again.”

18 For this is what the Lord says,
    who created the heavens—
he is God,
    and[a] the one who formed the earth and made it,
and[b] he is the one who established it;
    he didn’t create it for[c] chaos,
        but formed it to be inhabited—

“I am the Lord and there is no other.
19 I didn’t speak in secret,
        from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I didn’t say to Jacob’s descendants,
    ‘Seek me in chaos.’
I, the Lord, speak truth,
    declaring what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
  2. Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 45:18 Or it to remain in a state of; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks for

17 But Israel will be saved(A) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(B)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(C)
    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,(D)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(E)
    but formed it to be inhabited(F)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(G)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(H)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(I)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(J)
    ‘Seek(K) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(L)

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