⁵ I am the Lord, and there is no other;^(A)
    apart from me there is no God.^(B)
I will strengthen you,^(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
⁶ so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting^(D)
people may know^(E) there is none besides me.^(F)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(G)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(H)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

⁸ “You heavens above, rain^(I) down my righteousness;^(J)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation^(K) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel^(L) with their Maker,^(M)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(N)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(O)
    ‘What are you making?’^(P)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(Q)

⁸ “Remember^(A) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.^(B)
9 Remember the former things,^(C) those of long ago;^(D)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.^(E)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,^(F)
    from ancient times,^(G) what is still to come.^(H)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(I)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(J) a bird of prey;^(K)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(L) that I will do.^(M)