Isaiah 45:18-25

Isaiah 45:18-25 CSB

For this is what the  LORD  says — the Creator of the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it (he did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited)   — he says, “I am the LORD, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret,  somewhere in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob: Seek me in a wasteland.  I am the LORD, who speaks righteously,  who declares what is right. “Come, gather together, and approach, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save  have no knowledge.  Speak up and present your case  ,  — yes, let them consult each other. Who predicted this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior;  there is no one except me.  Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn;  truth has gone from my mouth,  a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow  to me, every tongue will swear allegiance. It will be said about me, ‘Righteousness and strength are found only in the  LORD.’ ” All who are enraged against him will come to him and be put to shame.  All the descendants of Israel will be justified and boast in the  LORD.