15. Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself,the God and Saviour of Israel.
16. All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;they will go off into disgrace together.
17. But Israel will be saved by the Lordwith an everlasting salvation;you will never be put to shame or disgraced,to ages everlasting.
18. For this is what the Lord says –he who created the heavens,he is God;he who fashioned and made the earth,he founded it;he did not create it to be empty,but formed it to be inhabited –he says:‘I am the Lord,and there is no other.
19. I have not spoken in secret,from somewhere in a land of darkness;I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,“Seek me in vain.”I, the Lord, speak the truth;I declare what is right.