Isaiah 45:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret.
    I have not spoken from a dark place.
I have not said to Jacob’s people,
    ‘It is useless to look for me.’
I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.
    I always say what is right.

²⁰“Come together, you people of the nations
    who escaped from Babylon.
    Gather together and come into court.
Only people who do not know anything
    would carry around gods that are made out of wood.
    They pray to false gods that can’t save them.
²¹Tell me what will happen. State your case.
    Talk it over together.
Who spoke long ago about what would happen?
    Who said it a long time ago?
I did. I am the Lord.
    I am the one and only God.
I always do what is right.
    I am the one who saves.
    There is no God but me.