Isaiah 45:20-25
Salvation belongs exclusively to the Lord.
20 “Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.
21 Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
22 “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
23 I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
24 They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.
25 All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!
Salvation belongs exclusively to the LORD.
To summon the nations to abandon idols and turn to the LORD, affirming that righteousness and salvation are found in him alone.
In a world filled with idol worship, the LORD calls the nations to recognize His uniqueness and turn to Him for salvation.
Cyrus the LORD’s Anointed and the God Who Saves to the Ends of the Earth
The LORD alone is God, Creator, King, and Savior, and He proves His sovereignty by appointing Cyrus for Israel’s restoration, shaming idols, saving Israel with everlasting salvation, and summoning all the ends of the earth to turn to Him and be saved.