12. I have made the earth, and created man on it.I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens;and I have commanded all their army.
13. I have raised him up in righteousness,and I will make straight all his ways.He shall build my city,and he shall let my exiles go free,not for price nor reward,” says the Lord of Hosts.
14. the Lord says: “The labour of Egypt,and the merchandise of Ethiopia,and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you,and they shall be yours.They will go after you.They shall come over in chains;and they will bow down to you.They will make supplication to you:‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else.There is no other god.
15. Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself,God of Israel, the Saviour.’”
16. They will be disappointed,yes, confounded, all of them.Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
17. Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation.You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
18. For the Lord who created the heavens,the God who formed the earth and made it,who established it and didn’t create it a waste,who formed it to be inhabited says:“I am the Lord;and there is no other.
19. I have not spoken in secret,in a place of the land of darkness.I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’I, the Lord, speak righteousness.I declare things that are right.