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Isaiah 45:14-25
New International Version
Isaiah 45:14-25
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region
Isaiah 45:14-25
New Living Translation
Isaiah 45:14-25
New Living Translation
Future Conversion of Gentiles
14 This is what the Lord says:
“You will rule the Egyptians,
the Ethiopians,[a] and the Sabeans.
They will come to you with all their merchandise,
and it will all be yours.
They will follow you as prisoners in chains.
They will fall to their knees in front of you and say,
‘God is with you, and he is the only God.
There is no other.’”
15 Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior,
you work in mysterious ways.
16 All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated.
They will all be disgraced together.
17 But the Lord will save the people of Israel
with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.
18 For the Lord is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the Lord,” he says,
“and there is no other.
19 I publicly proclaim bold promises.
I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.
I would not have told the people of Israel[b] to seek me
if I could not be found.
I, the Lord, speak only what is true
and declare only what is right.
20 “Gather together and come,
you fugitives from surrounding nations.
What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols
and pray to gods that cannot save!
21 Consult together, argue your case.
Get together and decide what to say.
Who made these things known so long ago?
What idol ever told you they would happen?
Was it not I, the Lord?
For there is no other God but me,
a righteous God and Savior.
There is none but me.
22 Let all the world look to me for salvation!
For I am God; there is no other.
23 I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.[c]”
24 The people will declare,
“The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”
And all who were angry with him
will come to him and be ashamed.
25 In the Lord all the generations of Israel will be justified,
and in him they will boast.
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