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.

^5 (A)I declared them to you from of old,
    before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, ^(B)‘My idol did them,
    my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

⁶ Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
    and ^(A)his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^(B)“I am the first and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.