Isaiah 45:14-25
International Standard Version
14 This is what the Lord says:
“The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia,
those[a] Sabeans, men of great heights.[b]
They’ll come over to you and will be yours;
They’ll trudge behind you—
coming over in chains, they’ll bow down to you.
They’ll plead with you,
‘Surely God is in you;
and there is no other God at all.’”
God as Savior of Israel
15 “Truly you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 All of them will be put to shame—indeed, disgraced!
The makers of idols will go off in disgrace together.
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[c] the one who formed the earth and made it,
and[d] he is the one who established it;
he didn’t create it for[e] 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.
20 “Gather together and come;
draw near and enter,[f]
your fugitives from the nations.
Those who carry around their wooden idols
know nothing,
nor do those who keep praying to a god
that cannot save.
21 Explain and present a case!
Yes, let them take counsel together.
Who announced this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides me,
a righteous God and Savior;
and[g] there is none besides me.
22 Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth.
For I am God, and there is no other.
Every Knee will Bow
23 By myself I have sworn—
from my mouth has gone out integrity,
a promise[h] that won’t be revoked:
‘To me every knee will bow,
and[i] every tongue will swear.’
24 One will say of me,[j]
‘Only in the Lord are victories and might.’
All who raged against him will come[k] to him
and will be put to shame.
25 In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
will triumph and make their boast.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:14 Lit. and those; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and the
- Isaiah 45:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads height
- Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 45:18 Or it to remain in a state of; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks for
- Isaiah 45:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read together
- Isaiah 45:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 45:23 Lit. word
- Isaiah 45:23 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one said of me; LXX reads saying
- Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa MTmss LXX (pl.); MT (sing.)
Isaiah 45:14-25
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh the Only Savior
14 Thus says Yahweh:
“The acquisition of Egypt
and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, tall men,
shall pass over to you;
they shall be yours,
and they shall walk behind you.
They shall pass over in chains,
and they shall bow down to you;
they will pray to you:
‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other.
Besides him there is no God.’”
15 Surely you are a God who keeps yourself hidden,
God of Israel, the savior.
16 All of them are ashamed and indeed humiliated;
the craftsmen of idols go together in insult.
17 Israel is saved by Yahweh with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be ashamed,
and you shall not be humiliated to all eternity.[a]
18 For thus says Yahweh, who created[b] the heavens,
he is God, who formed[c] the earth
and who made[d] it.
He himself established it;
he did not create it as emptiness—
he formed it for inhabiting.
“I am Yahweh and there is none besides me.
19 I have spoken not in secrecy, in a place, a land, of darkness,
I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain!’[e]
I, Yahweh, am speaking righteousness,
declaring uprightness.
20 Assemble and come;
draw near together, survivors of the nations!
They do not know, those who carry their wooden idols[f]
and pray to a god who cannot save.
21 Declare and present your case,
also let them consult together!
Who made this known[g] from former times,[h]
declared it from of old?[i]
Was it not I, Yahweh?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God besides me,
and no savior besides me.
22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth,
for I am God and there is none besides me.
23 I have sworn by myself;
a word that[j] shall not return has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness:
‘Every knee shall kneel down to me;
every tongue shall swear.’
24 ‘Only in Yahweh,’ one shall say to me, ‘are righteousness and strength.’
He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.
25 In Yahweh all the offspring of Israel shall be in the right,
and they shall boast.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:17 Literally “for eternity, forever”
- Isaiah 45:18 Literally “creating”
- Isaiah 45:18 Literally “forming”
- Isaiah 45:18 Literally “making”
- Isaiah 45:19 Literally “in emptiness,” as in verse 18
- Isaiah 45:20 Literally “the wood of their idol”
- Isaiah 45:21 Literally “caused to hear this”
- Isaiah 45:21 Literally “before”
- Isaiah 45:21 Literally “then”
- Isaiah 45:23 Or “and”
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