Isaiah 45:20-25

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The Lord Proves He Is the Only God

²⁰ “You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing. ²¹ Tell them to come to me. Let them present their case and discuss these things.)

“Who told you about this before it happened? Who told you this so long ago? I, the Lord, am the one who said these things. I am the only God, the one who does what is right. I am the one who saves, and there is no other! ²² So all you people in faraway places, turn to me and be saved, because I am God, and there is no other.

²³ “When I make a promise, that promise is true. It will happen. And I swear by my own power that everyone will bow before me and will take an oath to obey me. ²⁴ They will say, ‘Goodness and strength come only from the Lord.’”

And all who show their anger against him will be humiliated. ²⁵ The Lord will help the people of Israel live right^[a] and praise their God.