³ “Family of Jacob, listen to me!
    All you people from Israel who are still alive, listen!
I have carried you since you were born;
    I have taken care of you from your birth.
⁴ Even when you are old, I will be the same.
    Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you.
I made you and will take care of you.
    I will carry you and save you.

⁸ “Remember this, and do not forget it!
    Think about these things, you who turn against God.
⁹ Remember what happened long ago.
    Remember that I am God, and there is no other God.
    I am God, and there is no one like me.
¹⁰ From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end.
    A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened.
When I plan something, it happens.
    What I want to do, I will do.