1434 - Isaiah 45 part 2

Isaiah Chapter 45 part 2


This is what the Lord says:


“You will rule the Egyptians, the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans.


They will come to you, with all their merchandise, and it will all be yours.


They will follow you, as prisoners in chains.


They will fall to their knees, in front of you and say:


‘God is with you, and he is the only God.


There is no other.’ ”


Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior,

you work in mysterious ways.


All craftsmen, who make idols, will be humiliated.


They will all be disgraced, together.


But the Lord will save the people of Israel, with eternal salvation.


Throughout everlasting ages, Israel will never again be humiliated and disgraced.


For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth,

and He put everything in place.


He made the world, to be lived in,

not to be a place of empty chaos.


“I am the Lord,” he says,

“and there is no other.


I publicly proclaim bold promises.


I do not whisper obscurities, in some dark corner.


I would not have told the people, of Israel, to seek me if I could not be found.


I, the Lord, speak only what is true, and I declare only what is right.


“Gather together and come, you fugitives, from surrounding nations.


What fools they are, who carry around their wooden idols, and pray to gods… that cannot save!


Consult together, argue your case.


Get together, and decide what to say.


Who made these things known, so long ago?


What idol ever told you, that these things would happen?

Was it not I, the Lord?


For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior.


There is none but me.


Let all the world look to me, for salvation!


For I am God; there is no other.


I have sworn by my own name;

I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word:


Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”


The people will declare:


“The Lord is the source, of all my righteousness and strength.”


And all who were angry with him,

will come to him …and they will be shamed.


In the Lord, all the generations of Israel… will be justified, and in him, they will boast. 


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Isaiah 45:14–25


Praise be to God!


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