Isa 45:18, 21 | ESV | STEP | For thus says the Lord , who created the heavens (he is God !), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty , he formed it to be inhabited !): I am the Lord , and there is no other .

Isaiah 45:18

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.

Isaiah 45:21

21 ^dDeclare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God ^eand a Savior;
there is none besides me.