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They will worship me
    and become my people.
They will write my name
    on the back of their hands.[a]

(A) I am the Lord All-Powerful,
the first and the last,
    the one and only God.
Israel, I have rescued you!
    I am your King.
Can anyone compare with me?
If so, let them speak up
    and tell me now.
Let them say what has happened
since I made my nation
    long ago,
and let them tell
    what is going to happen.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 44.5 write … hands: To show that they belong to the Lord and to Israel.
  2. 44.7 Let them say … happen: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

Some will say, ‘I belong(A) to the Lord’;
    others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(B) ‘The Lord’s,’(C)
    and will take the name Israel.

The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(D) and Redeemer,(E) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(F)
    apart from me there is no God.(G)
Who then is like me?(H) 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(I) what will come.

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