Isaiah 45:9-25
Christian Standard Bible
9 “Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.[a]
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’ (A)
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?[b]
10 Woe to the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,[c]
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
11 This is what the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel(B) and its Maker, says:
“Ask me what is to happen to[d] my sons,(C)
and instruct me about the work of my hands.(D)
12 I made the earth,
and created humans on it.
It was my hands that stretched out the heavens,(E)
and I commanded everything in them.
13 I have stirred him up in righteousness,(F)
and will level all roads for him.
He will rebuild my city,(G)
and set my exiles free,(H)
not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord of Armies.
God Alone Is the Savior
14 This is what the Lord says:
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature,(I)
will come over to you(J)
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess[e] to you,
‘God is indeed with you,(K) and there is no other;
there is no other God.’”
15 Yes, you are a God who hides,(L)
God of Israel, Savior.(M)
16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;(N)
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
17 Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.(O)
18 For this is what the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,
the God who formed the earth and made it,
the one who established it
(he did not create it to be a wasteland,
but formed it to be inhabited)(P)—
he says, “I am the Lord,
and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,(Q)
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek me in a wasteland.(R)
I am the Lord, who speaks righteously,(S)
who declares what is right.
20 “Come, gather together,
and approach, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols
and pray to a god who cannot save(T)
have no knowledge.(U)
21 Speak up and present your case[f](V)—
yes, let them consult each other.
Who predicted this long ago?
Who announced it from ancient times?
Was it not I, the Lord?
There is no other God but me,
a righteous God and Savior;(W)
there is no one except me.(X)
22 Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth.
For I am God,
and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn;(Y)
truth has gone from my mouth,(Z)
a word that will not be revoked:
Every knee will bow(AA) to me,
every tongue will swear allegiance.
24 It will be said about me, ‘Righteousness and strength
are found only in the Lord.’”
All who are enraged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.(AB)
25 All the descendants of Israel
will be justified and boast in the Lord.
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