Isaiah 45:5-25

5I am the Lord, and 1there is no other; 2Besides Me there is no God. I will 34gird you, though you have not known Me;6That 56men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is 7no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other,7The One 8forming light and 9creating darkness, Causing 10well-being and 11creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.

8“12Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the 13earth open up and salvation bear fruit, 14And righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

9“Woe to the one who 15quarrels with his 16Maker-- An earthenware vessel 17among the vessels of earth! Will the 18clay say to the 19potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you 20giving birth?’”

11Thus says the 21Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his 2223Maker: “2425Ask Me about the things to come 26concerning My 27sons, And you shall commit to Me 28the work of My hands.12It is I who 29made the earth, and created man upon it. I 30stretched out the heavens with My hands And I 31ordained 32all their host.13I have aroused him in 33righteousness And I will 34make all his ways smooth; He will 35build My city and will let My exiles go 36free, Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

14Thus says the Lord, “The 37products of 38Egypt and the merchandise of 3940Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will 41come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in 42chains And will 43bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: ‘44Surely, 45God is 46with you, and 47there is none else, No other God.’”15Truly, You are a God who 48hides Himself, O God of Israel, 49Savior!16They will be 50put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The 51manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.17Israel has been saved by the Lord With an 52everlasting salvation; You 53will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity.

18For thus says the Lord, who 54created the heavens (He is the God who 55formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it 56a 57waste place, but formed it to be 58inhabited), “I am the Lord, and 59there is none else.1960I have not spoken in secret, In 61some dark land; I did not say to the 6263offspring of Jacob, ‘64Seek Me in 65a waste place’; I, the Lord, 66speak righteousness, 67Declaring things that are upright.

20“68Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; 69They have no knowledge, Who 70carry about 71their wooden idol And 72pray to a god who cannot save.2173Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. 74Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the Lord? And there is 75no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a 76Savior; There is none except Me.2277Turn to Me and 78be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.2379I have sworn by Myself, The 80word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me 81every knee will bow, every tongue will 82swear allegiance.24They will say of Me, ‘Only 83in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’ Men will come to Him, And 84all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.25In the Lord all the offspring of Israel Will be 85justified and will 86glory.”