¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(A)

¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(A) forever,
    the purposes^(B) of his heart through all generations.

¹³     Yes, and from ancient days^(A) I am he.^(B)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”^(C)

²¹ Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(A) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(B)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(C)
a righteous God^(D) and a Savior;^(E)
    there is none but me.

³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

⁶ The Lord does whatever pleases him,^(A)
    in the heavens and on the earth,^(B)
    in the seas and all their depths.