Isaiah 45:18-20

New Century Version

¹⁸ The Lord created the heavens.
    He is the God who formed the earth and made it.
He did not want it to be empty,
    but he wanted life on the earth.
This is what the Lord says:
    “I am the Lord. There is no other God.
¹⁹ I did not speak in secret
    or hide my words in some dark place.
I did not tell the family of Jacob
    to look for me in empty places.
I am the Lord, and I speak the truth;
    I say what is right.

²⁰ “You people who have escaped from other nations,
    gather together and come before me;
    come near together.
People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing.
    They pray to a god who cannot save them.