6. so that all may know, from the rising of the sunto its setting, that there is none besides me.I am the Lord, there is no other.
7. I form the light, and create the darkness,I make weal and create woe;I, the Lord, do all these things.
8. Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above,like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down.Let the earth open and salvation bud forth;let righteousness spring up with them!I, the Lord, have created this.
9. Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker;a potsherd among potsherds of the earth!Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?”or, “What you are making has no handles”?
10. Woe to anyone who asks a father, “What are you begetting?”or a woman, “What are you giving birth to?”
11. Thus says the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, his maker:Do you question me about my children,tell me how to treat the work of my hands?
12. It was I who made the earthand created the people upon it;It was my hands that stretched out the heavens;I gave the order to all their host.
13. It was I who stirred him up for justice;all his ways I make level.He shall rebuild my cityand let my exiles go freeWithout price or payment,says the Lord of hosts.
14. Thus says the Lord:The earnings of Egypt, the gain of Ethiopia,and the Sabeans, tall of stature,Shall come over to you and belong to you;they shall follow you, coming in chains.Before you they shall bow down,saying in prayer:“With you alone is God; and there is none other,no other god!
15. Truly with you God is hidden,the God of Israel, the savior!
16. They are put to shame and disgrace, all of them;they go in disgrace who carve images.
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.