10. How terrible it will be for the child who says to his father,‘Why are you giving me life?’How terrible it will be for the child who says to his mother,‘Why are you giving birth to me?’ ”
11. This is what the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker, says:“You ask me about what will happen.You question me about my children.You give me orders about what I have made.
12. I made the earthand all the people living on it.With my own hands I stretched out the skies,and I commanded all the armies in the sky.
13. I will bring Cyrus to do good things,and I will make his work easy.He will rebuild my cityand set my people freewithout any payment or reward.The Lord All-Powerful says this.”
14. The Lord says,“The goods made in Egypt and Cushand the tall people of Sebawill come to youand will become yours.The Sabeans will walk behind you,coming along in chains.They will bow down before youand pray to you, saying,‘God is with you,and there is no other God.’ ”
15. God and Savior of Israel,you are a God that people cannot see.
16. All the people who make idols will be put to great shame;they will go off together in disgrace.
17. But Israel will be saved by the Lord,and that salvation will continue forever.Never again will Israel be put to shame.
18. The Lord created the heavens.He is the God who formed the earth and made it.He did not want it to be empty,but he wanted life on the earth.This is what the Lord says:“I am the Lord. There is no other God.
19. I did not speak in secretor hide my words in some dark place.I did not tell the family of Jacobto look for me in empty places.I am the Lord, and I speak the truth;I say what is right.
20. “You people who have escaped from other nations,gather together and come before me;come near together.People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing.They pray to a god who cannot save them.
21. Tell these people to come to me.Let them talk about these things together.Who told you long ago that this would happen?Who told about it long ago?I, the Lord, said these things.There is no other God besides me.I am the only good God. I am the Savior.There is no other God.
22. “All people everywhere,follow me and be saved.I am God. There is no other God.