10. Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11. Thus says the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come;will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
12. I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.
13. I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free,not for price or reward,”says the Lord of hosts.
14. Thus says the Lord: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,and the Sabeans, men of stature,shall come over to you and be yours;they shall follow you;they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.They will plead with you, saying:‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,no god besides him.’”
15. Truly, you are a God who hides himself,O God of Israel, the Savior.
16. All of them are put to shame and confounded;the makers of idols go in confusion together.
17. But Israel is saved by the Lordwith everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confoundedto all eternity.
18. For thus says the Lord,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19. I did not speak in secret,in a land of darkness;I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’I the Lord speak the truth;I declare what is right.