8 months ago

The Lord, the Only Savior
14 Thus says the Lord:

“The labor of Egypt and MERCHANDISE of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of STATURE,
Shall COME OVER to you, and THEY shall be YOURS;
They shall WALK BEHIND you,
They shall COME OVER in CHAINS;
And they shall BOW DOWN to you.
They will MAKE SUPPLICATION to you, SAYING, ‘Surely God is IN you,
And THERE is NO OTHER;
There is NO OTHER God.’ ”

15 TRULY You ARE God, who HIDE YOURSELF,
O God of Israel, THE SAVIOR!
16 They shall be ASHAMED
And also DISGRACED, ALL of THEM;
They shall go in CONFUSION TOGETHER,
Who are MAKERS of IDOLS.
17 But Israel shall be SAVED by the Lord
With an EVERLASTING SALVATION;
You shall NOT be ASHAMED or DISGRACED
FOREVER and EVER.

18 For thus says the Lord,
Who CREATED the HEAVENS,
Who is God,
Who FORMED the EARTH and MADE it,
Who has ESTABLISHED it,
Who did NOT CREATE it in VAIN,
Who FORMED it to be INHABITED:
“I am the Lord, and there is NO OTHER.
19 I have NOT SPOKEN in SECRET,
In a DARK PLACE of the EARTH;
I did NOT say to the SEED of Jacob,
‘SEEK Me in VAIN ’;
I, the Lord, SPEAK RIGHTEOUSNESS,
I DECLARE things that are RIGHT.

20 “Assemble YOURSELVES and COME;
Draw near TOGETHER,
You who have ESCAPED from the NATIONS.
They have NO KNOWLEDGE,
Who CARRY the WOOD of their CARVED IMAGE,
And pray to a god that CANNOT SAVE.
21 Tell and BRING FORTH your CASE;
Yes, let THEM take COUNSEL TOGETHER.
Who has DECLARED this from ANCIENT TIME?
Who has TOLD it from that TIME?
Have NOT I, the Lord?
And there is NO OTHER God BESIDES Me,
A JUST God and a SAVIOR;
There is NONE BESIDES Me.

22 “Look to Me, and be SAVED,
All you ENDS of the EARTH!
For I am God, and there is NO OTHER.
23 I have SWORN by Myself;
The WORD has GONE out of My MOUTH in RIGHTEOUSNESS,
And shall NOT RETURN,
That to Me EVERY KNEE shall BOW,
Every TONGUE shall TAKE an OATH.
24 He shall SAY,
‘Surely in the Lord I have RIGHTEOUSNESS and STRENGTH.
To Him men shall COME,
And all shall be ASHAMED
Who are INCENSED against Him.
25 In the Lord ALL the DESCENDANTS of Israel
Shall be JUSTIFIED, and shall GLORY.’