15. Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior.
16. All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
17. Israel will be saved by the Lordwith an everlasting salvation;you will not be put to shame or humiliatedfor all eternity.
18. For this is what the Lord says —God is the Creator of the heavens.He formed the earth and made it.He established it;He did not create it to be empty,but formed it to be inhabited —“I am Yahweh,and there is no other.
19. I have not spoken in secret, somewhere in a land of darkness.I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:Seek Me in a wasteland. I, Yahweh, speak truthfully; I say what is right.