14  Thus says the Lord:

“The wealth of ^aEgypt and the merchandise of Cush,

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

shall come over to you and be yours;

they shall ^bfollow you;

they shall come over in chains and ^cbow down to you.

They will plead with you, saying:

^d‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,

no god besides him.’”

15  Truly, you are a God who hides himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

16  All of them are ^eput to shame and confounded;

the makers of idols go in confusion together.

17  But Israel is saved by the Lord

with everlasting salvation;

^fyou shall not be put to shame or confounded

to all eternity.

18  For thus says the Lord,

^gwho 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.

19  ^hI did not speak in secret,

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

‘Seek me in vain.’¹

I the Lord speak the truth;

I declare what is right.

20  “Assemble yourselves and come;

draw near together,

you survivors of the nations!

They have no knowledge

who ⁱcarry about their wooden idols,

and keep on ^jpraying to a god

that cannot save.

21  Declare and present your case;

let them take counsel together!

Who ^ktold this long ago?

Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

there is none besides me.

22  “Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

23  ^lBy myself I have sworn;

^mfrom my mouth has gone out in righteousness

a word that shall not return:

‘To me ⁿevery knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear allegiance.’²

24  “Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,

are righteousness and strength;

to him shall come and be ashamed

^oall who were incensed against him.

25  In the Lord all the offspring of Israel

shall be justified and shall glory.”