Isaiah 45:18
New English Translation
18 For this is what the Lord says,
the one who created the sky—
he is the true God,[a]
the one who formed the earth and made it;
he established it,
he did not create it without order,[b]
he formed it to be inhabited:
“I am the Lord, I have no peer.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:18 tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.
- Isaiah 45:18 tn Or “unformed.” Gen 1:2 describes the world as “unformed” (תֹהוּ, tohu) prior to God’s creative work, but God then formed the world and made it fit for habitation.
Isaiah 45:18
New International Version
Isaiah 45:18
King James Version
18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
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