16 They will be aput to shame and even dishonored, all of them;
The bcraftsmen of idols will go away together in dishonor.
17 Israel has been saved by Yahweh
With an aeverlasting salvation;
You bwill not be put to shame or dishonored
To all eternity.
18 For thus says Yahweh, who acreated the heavens (He is the God who bformed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it a cformless place, but formed it to be dinhabited),
“I am Yahweh, and ethere is none else.
19 aI have not spoken in secret,
In some dark land;
I did not say to the bseed of Jacob,
‘cSeek Me in a formless place’;
I, Yahweh, dspeak righteousness,
eDeclaring things that are upright.
20 “aGather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations;
bThey do not know,
Who ccarry about their graven image of wood
And dpray to a god who cannot save.
21 aDeclare and draw near with your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
bWho has made this heard from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, Yahweh?
And there is cno other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a dSavior;
There is none except Me.
22 aTurn to Me and bbe saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 aI have sworn by Myself,
The bword has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me cevery knee will bow, every tongue will dswear allegiance.
24 They will say of Me, ‘Only ain Yahweh are righteousness and strength.’
Men will come to Him,
And ball who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25 In Yahweh all the seed of Israel
Will be ajustified and will bboast.”