⁹ All the nations gather together^(A)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold^(B) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
¹⁰ “You are my witnesses,^(C)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant^(D) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know^(E) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god^(F) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.^(G)
11 I, even I, am the Lord,^(H)
    and apart from me there is no savior.^(I)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god^(J) among you.
You are my witnesses,^(K)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
¹³     Yes, and from ancient days^(L) I am he.^(M)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”^(N)

¹⁸ For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,^(A)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,^(B)
    but formed it to be inhabited^(C)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.^(D)
19 I have not spoken in secret,^(E)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;^(F)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,^(G)
    ‘Seek^(H) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.^(I)

²⁰ “Gather together^(J) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant^(K) are those who carry^(L) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.^(M)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(N) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(O)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(P)
a righteous God^(Q) and a Savior;^(R)
    there is none but me.

²² “Turn^(S) to me and be saved,^(T)
    all you ends of the earth;^(U)
    for I am God, and there is no other.^(V)
23 By myself I have sworn,^(W)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(X)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(Y)
Before me every knee will bow;^(Z)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(AA)