14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products(A) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[a]
    and those tall Sabeans(B)
they will come over to you(C)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(D)
    coming over to you in chains.(E)
They will bow down before you
    and plead(F) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(G) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.(H)’”

15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding(I) himself,
    the God and Savior(J) of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(K)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(L) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(M)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(N)
    to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(O)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(P)
    but formed it to be inhabited(Q)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(R)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(S)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(T)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(U)
    ‘Seek(V) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(W)

20 “Gather together(X) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(Y) are those who carry(Z) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(AA)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(AB) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(AC)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(AD)
a righteous God(AE) and a Savior;(AF)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(AG) to me and be saved,(AH)
    all you ends of the earth;(AI)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(AJ)
23 By myself I have sworn,(AK)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(AL)
    a word that will not be revoked:(AM)
Before me every knee will bow;(AN)
    by me every tongue will swear.(AO)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(AP) and strength.(AQ)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(AR)
25 But all the descendants(AS) of Israel
    will find deliverance(AT) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(AU)

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region

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.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 45:14 Lit. and those; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and the
  2. Isaiah 45:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads height
  3. Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
  4. Isaiah 45:18 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  5. Isaiah 45:18 Or it to remain in a state of; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks for
  6. Isaiah 45:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read together
  7. Isaiah 45:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
  8. Isaiah 45:23 Lit. word
  9. Isaiah 45:23 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  10. Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one said of me; LXX reads saying
  11. Isaiah 45:24 So 1QIsaa MTmss LXX (pl.); MT (sing.)