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10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord,
    and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
    nor shall there be any after me.(A)

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10 “You are my witnesses,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.(E)

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Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am first
    and will be with the last.(A)

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Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling(A) forth the generations from the beginning?(B)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last(C)—I am he.(D)

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Remember this and consider;[a]
    recall it to mind, you transgressors;(A)
    remember the former things of old,
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is no one like me,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 46.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

“Remember(A) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.(B)
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)

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so that they may know, from the rising of the sun
    and from the west, that there is no one besides me;
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.(A)

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so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(A)
people may know(B) there is none besides me.(C)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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12 I am the one who declared and saved and proclaimed,
    not some strange god among you;
    you are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.(A)

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12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(A) among you.
You are my witnesses,(B)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

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Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
    and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
I am the first, and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.(A)
Who is like me? Let them proclaim it;
    let them declare and set it forth before me.
Who has announced from of old the things to come?[a]
    Let them tell us[b] what is yet to be.(B)
Do not fear or be afraid;
    have I not told you from of old and declared it?
    You are my witnesses!
Is there any god besides me?
    There is no other rock; I know not one.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 44.7 Cn: Heb from my placing an eternal people and things to come
  2. 44.7 Tg: Heb them

The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(A) and Redeemer,(B) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(C)
    apart from me there is no God.(D)
Who then is like me?(E) Let him proclaim it.
    Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
    and what is yet to come—
    yes, let them foretell(F) what will come.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
    Did I not proclaim(G) this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God(H) besides me?
    No, there is no other Rock;(I) I know not one.”

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21 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(A)
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
    and spreads them like a tent to live in,(B)

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21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
Has it not been told(B) you from the beginning?(C)
    Have you not understood(D) since the earth was founded?(E)
22 He sits enthroned(F) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.(G)
He stretches out the heavens(H) like a canopy,(I)
    and spreads them out like a tent(J) to live in.(K)

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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(A)

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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;(A) and you will be my witnesses(B) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,(C) and to the ends of the earth.”(D)

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The Servant, a Light to the Nations

42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
    he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)

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The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one(B) in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice(E) to the nations.(F)

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20 so that all may see and know,
    all may consider and understand,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
    the Holy One of Israel has created it.(A)

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20 so that people may see and know,(A)
    may consider and understand,(B)
that the hand(C) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One(D) of Israel has created(E) it.

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but emptied himself,
    taking the form of a slave,
    assuming human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,(A)

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rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

31 But these are written so that you may continue[a] to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,[b] the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20.31 Or may come
  2. 20.31 Or the Christ

31 But these are written that you may believe[a](A) that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,(B) and that by believing you may have life in his name.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:31 Or may continue to believe

He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.

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He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B) He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

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