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21 Declare ye, and [a]bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. 23 By myself have I sworn, [b]the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:21 Or, bring them near
  2. Isaiah 45:23 Or, righteousness is gone forth from my mouth, a word which shall not return. Or, the word is gone forth from a mouth of righteousness, and shall not return

21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(A) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(B)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(C)
a righteous God(D) and a Savior;(E)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(F) to me and be saved,(G)
    all you ends of the earth;(H)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(I)
23 By myself I have sworn,(J)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(K)
    a word that will not be revoked:(L)
Before me every knee will bow;(M)
    by me every tongue will swear.(N)

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