17. Israel has been saved by the Lord,saved forever!You shall never be put to shame or disgracein any future age.”
18. For thus says the Lord,The creator of the heavens,who is God,The designer and maker of the earthwho established it,Not as an empty waste did he create it,but designing it to be lived in:I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19. I have not spoken in secretfrom some place in the land of darkness,I have not said to the descendants of Jacob,“Look for me in an empty waste.”I, the Lord, promise justice,I declare what is right.