Isaiah 45:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ For this is what the Lord says—
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited^(A)—
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret,^(B)
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek Me in a wasteland.^(C)
I, Yahweh, speak truthfully;^(D)
I say what is right.

²⁰ “Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,^(E)
have no knowledge.^(F)