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Isaiah 45:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 45:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 I did not speak in secret
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
“Seek me in chaos.”
I the Lord speak the truth;
I declare what is right.(A)
Idols Cannot Save Babylon
20 Assemble yourselves and come together;
draw near, you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge—
those who carry about their wooden idols
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.(B)
21 Declare and present your case;
take counsel together![a]
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
There is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is no one besides me.(C)
Footnotes
- 45.21 Syr Vg: Heb let them take counsel
Isaiah 45:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 45:19-21
New International Version
19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.(E)
20 “Gather together(F) and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(G) are those who carry(H) about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.(I)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(J) this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?(K)
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,(L)
a righteous God(M) and a Savior;(N)
there is none but me.
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