45:18 For this is what the Lord says,
the one who created the sky –
he is the true God, 1
the one who formed the earth and made it;
he established it,
he did not create it without order, 2
he formed it to be inhabited –
“I am the Lord, I have no peer.
1 tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.
2 tn Or “unformed.” Gen 1:2 describes the world as “unformed” (תֹהוּ, tohu) prior to God’s creative work, but God then formed the world and made it fit for habitation.