¹² I declared and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no strange god among you;
    and ^(A)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.

⁹ There shall be no ^(A)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(B)foreign god.
^10 (C)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(D)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

^12 (A)the Lord alone guided him,
    ^(B)no foreign god was with him.

⁸ Fear not, nor be afraid;
    have I not told you from of old and declared it?
    ^(A)And you are my witnesses!
^(B)Is there a God besides me?
    There is no ^(C)Rock; I know not any.”

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

⁴ Because I know that ^(A)you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,
^5 (B)I declared them to you from of old,
    before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, ^(C)‘My idol did them,
    my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

⁹     remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
^10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ^(B)‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’