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19 I have spoken not in secrecy, in a place, a land, of darkness,
    I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain!’[a]
I, Yahweh, am speaking righteousness,
    declaring uprightness.
20 Assemble and come;
    draw near together, survivors of the nations!
    They do not know, those who carry their wooden idols[b]
    and pray to a god who cannot save.
21 Declare and present your case,
    also let them consult together!
Who made this known[c] from former times,[d]
    declared it from of old?[e]
Was it not I, Yahweh?
    And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God besides me,
    and no savior besides me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:19 Literally “in emptiness,” as in verse 18
  2. Isaiah 45:20 Literally “the wood of their idol”
  3. Isaiah 45:21 Literally “caused to hear this”
  4. Isaiah 45:21 Literally “before”
  5. Isaiah 45:21 Literally “then”