12 I myself made the earth,and created humans upon it.My own hands stretched out the heavens.I commanded all their forces.
13 I have a right to awaken Cyrus;I will smooth all his paths.He will build my cityand set my exiles free,not for a price and not for a bribe,says the Lord of heavenly forces.
14 The Lord says:Egypt will grow weary, Cush will be sold,and the tall Sabeans will cross over to you.They will be yours, and after you they will go.In chains they will come;to you they will bow down.They will plead with you:"Truly God is with you;there’s no other, no other God."
15 Surely you are a god who hides himself,Israel’s God and savior.
16 They will all be shamed and disgraced;the makers of idols will end up disgraced together.
17 Israel has been saved by the Lord of everlasting salvation.You won’t be shamed,and you won’t be disgraced forever and always.
18 For this is what the Lord said, who created the heavens,who is God,who formed the earth and made it,who established it,who didn’t create it a wasteland but formed it as a habitation:I, the Lord, and none other!