Isa 45, 22-24 Turn to me and be safe

(Isa 45, 22-24) Turn to me and be safe

[22] Turn to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, for I am God; there is no other! [23] By myself I swear, uttering my just decree and my unalterable word: To me every knee shall bend; by me every tongue shall swear, [24] Saying, "Only in the LORD are just deeds and power. Before him in shame shall come all who vent their anger against him.

(CCC 201) To Israel, his chosen, God revealed himself as the only One: "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might" (Dt 6:45). Through the prophets, God calls Israel and all nations to turn to him, the one and only God: "Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other…. To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 'Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength'" (Isa 45:22-24; cf. Phil 2:10-11).