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Isaiah 45:18-21
English Standard Version
Isaiah 45:18-21
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness
Isaiah 45:18-21
New International Version
Isaiah 45:18-21
New International Version
18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(A)
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(B)
but formed it to be inhabited(C)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
and there is no other.(D)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(E)
from somewhere in a land of darkness;(F)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(G)
‘Seek(H) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.(I)
20 “Gather together(J) and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(K) are those who carry(L) about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.(M)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(N) this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?(O)
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,(P)
a righteous God(Q) and a Savior;(R)
there is none but me.
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