Isaiah 45:11-18

11Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: "Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?

12I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.

13I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward," says the Lord of hosts.

14Thus says the Lord: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will plead with you, saying: 'Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.'"

15Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

16All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together.

17But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.

18For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): "I am the Lord, and there is no other.