Isaiah 45:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ The Lord created the heavens.
    He is God.
He formed the earth and made it.
    He set it firmly in place.
He didn’t create it to be empty.
    Instead, he formed it for people to live on.
He says, “I am the Lord.
    There is no other Lord.
¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret.
    I have not spoken from a dark place.
I have not said to Jacob’s people,
    ‘It is useless to look for me.’
I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.
    I always say what is right.

²⁰ “Come together, you people of the nations
    who escaped from Babylon.
    Gather together and come into court.
Only people who do not know anything
    would carry around gods that are made out of wood.
    They pray to false gods that can’t save them.