17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
ayou shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
18 aFor thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he bdid not create it empty,
che formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.