14 The Lord says to Israel,“The wealth of Egypt and Ethiopia will be yours,and the tall men of Seba will be your slaves;they will follow you in chains.They will bow down to you and confess,‘God is with you—he alone is God.
15 The God of Israel, who saves his people,is a God who conceals himself.
16 Those who make idols will all be ashamed;all of them will be disgraced.
17 But Israel is saved by the Lord,and her victory lasts forever;her people will never be disgraced.’”
18 The Lord created the heavens—he is the one who is God!He formed and made the earth—he made it firm and lasting.He did not make it a desolate waste,but a place for people to live.It is he who says, “I am the Lord,and there is no other god.
19 I have not spoken in secretor kept my purpose hidden.I did not require the people of Israelto look for me in a desolate waste.I am the Lord, and I speak the truth;I make known what is right.”
20 The Lord says,“Come together, people of the nations,all who survive the fall of the empire;present yourselves for the trial!The people who parade with their idols of woodand pray to gods that cannot save them—those people know nothing at all!