⁶ Thus says Yahweh, the king of Israel,
    and its redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:
“I am the first, and I am the last,
    and there is no god besides me.

²⁴ Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer,
    and he who formed you in^[a] the womb:
“I am Yahweh, who made everything,
    who stretched out the heavens alone,
    who spread out the earth—who was with me?—
²⁵ who frustrates^[b] the signs of oracle priests
    and makes a fool of diviners,
who drives the wise men back
    and makes their knowledge foolish,