Isaiah 45:14-25

The Voice

¹⁴ Eternal One: I, the Eternal One, say to you things will change; the wealthy and strong
        of your world—Egyptians, Cushites, Sabeans—will come under your control.
    Their goods and services, their strongest warriors, will be yours,
        deferring to you, as they follow in chains, saying,
    “God is with you. There is no other God but yours.”

¹⁵ Cyrus: You have kept yourself hidden from others,
        but You are indeed God, who saved Israel in the face of great challenges.
¹⁶     Those who worshiped others will be humiliated.
        Those who craft idols will be embarrassed by their folly.
¹⁷     By contrast, Israel can stand tall. The Eternal has given them
        a salvation that will never die, and they will never be embarrassed or ashamed.

¹⁸ Indeed, He who created the universe—heavens and earth—gave it form and shape.
    The Eternal alone set it all in motion;
He didn’t make it a disorganized wasteland but made it a beautiful and comfortable home.

Eternal One: I am the Eternal One, and there is no other god who exists.
¹⁹         I didn’t whisper in secret or mumble in the darkness;
    I didn’t say to Jacob’s children:
        “Look around the desert and try to find Me.”
    No, I am the Eternal One. I will speak clearly what is right and true.

²⁰     Come, come. Gather around, all who survived among the nations.
        They have no idea what a real God is
    As they coddle their wooden idols,
        and pray to worthless images that cannot save them.
²¹     Go ahead, talk among yourselves. Present your case.
        Now, who declared what would happen long ago?
    Who predicted how these events would turn out at this time?
        Was it not I, the Eternal One? There is no other God but Me.
    I alone am the righteous God and Savior. There is no other.

²²     So turn your back on those idols and your face to Me.
        I will save you, wherever you are, to the ends of the earth,
    For I am God. There is none other.
²³     I make this solemn vow; I have spoken a word—
        faithful and true—and it will not return; it will be done.
    My words have wings; they will be accomplished;
        every knee will bow down to Me.
    Every tongue will swear allegiance to Me.^[a]

²⁴     They will say of Me, “Only by the Eternal One shall I see things through.
        Only by God shall I go with integrity and strength through life.”

Now all those who burned with anger against God
    will come to Him and be shamed.
²⁵ Through the Eternal, all the descendants of Israel
    will be vindicated and made glorious within the world.