Isaiah 45:14-25

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁴ The Lord says, “Egypt and Ethiopia are rich,
    but, Israel, you will get those riches.
The tall people from Seba will be yours.
    They will walk behind you with chains around their necks.
They will bow down before you
    and ask you to pray for them and say,
‘The true God really is with you,
    and there is no other God.’”

¹⁵ You are the God people cannot see.
    You are the God who saves Israel.
¹⁶ Many people make false gods,
    but they will be disappointed.
    All of them will go away ashamed.
¹⁷ But Israel will be saved by the Lord.
    That salvation will continue forever.
    Never again will Israel be shamed.
¹⁸ The Lord is God.
    He made the skies and the earth.
    He put the earth in its place.
He did not want the earth to be empty when he made it.
    He created it to be lived on.
“I am the Lord.
    There is no other God.
¹⁹ I have spoken openly, not in secret.
    I did not hide my words in a dark and secret place.
I did not tell the people of Jacob
    to look for me in empty places.
I am the Lord, and I speak the truth.
    I say only what is right.