45:9. Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands? 45:10. Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth? 45:11. Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me. 45:12. I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host. 45:13. I have raised him up to justice, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and let go my captives, not for ransom, nor for presents, saith the Lord the God of hosts. 45:14. Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee. 45:15. Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour. 45:16. They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion. 45:17. Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever. 45:18. For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. 45:19. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things. 45:20. Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save. 45:21. Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me. 45:22. Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. 45:23. I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return: 45:24. For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear. 45:25. Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded. 45:26. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised. Isaias Chapter 46 The idols of Babylon shall be destroyed. Salvation is promised through Christ.