12I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
13I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.
14The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.
15Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
16All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.
17But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
18For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
