Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 45:16-25

16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

18For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens—He is God;He formed the earth and fashioned it;He established it;He did not create it to be empty,but formed it to be inhabited:

“I am the LORD,and there is no other.19I have not spoken in secret,from a place in a land of darkness.I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’I, the LORD, speak the truth;I say what is right.

20Come, gather together, and draw near,you fugitives from the nations.Ignorant are those who carry idols of woodand pray to a god that cannot save.21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together.Who foretold 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;there is none but Me.

22Turn to Me and be saved,all the ends of the earth;for I am God,and there is no other.23By Myself I have sworn;truth has gone out from My mouth,a word that will not be revoked:Every knee will bow before Me,every tongue will swear allegiance.124Surely they will say of Me,‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’”

All who rage against Himwill come to Him and be put to shame.25In the LORD all descendants of Israelwill be justified and will exult.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 45:23 Literally every tongue will swear; LXX every tongue will swear by God; cited in Romans 14:11 ↩

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