18. For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.
20. Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
21. Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me.
22. Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
23. I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
24. For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
25. Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.