Isaiah 45:9-19 - The Lord Of Creation And History

⁹ Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill? ¹⁰ Do we dare say to our parents: 'Why did you make me like this?' ¹¹ Jehovah, the Holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future says: You have no right to question me about my children or to tell me what I ought to do! ¹² I am the one who made the earth. I created human beings to live there. With my power I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, and the stars. ¹³ I have stirred Cyrus to action to fulfill my purpose and put things right. I will straighten out every road that he travels. He will rebuild my city, Jerusalem, and set my captive people free. No one has hired him or bribed him to do this. Jehovah of Hosts has spoken.

¹⁴ This is what Jehovah says: The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans will come over to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you. They will say: 'God is with you and there is no other. There is no other god!'

¹⁵ Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel. ¹⁶ The makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced. They will go off into disgrace together. ¹⁷ Jehovah will save Israel with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.

¹⁸ Jehovah says: Who created the heavens? He who is God. He fashioned and made the earth. He founded it and he did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. He says: I am Jehovah, 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, Jehovah, speak the truth; I declare what is right.