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.
⁷ And who is like me? Let him proclaim^[a] it!
    And let him declare it and set it in order for me
since I established an eternal people^[b] and things that are to come,
    and let them tell them the things that are coming.
⁸ You must not tremble,^[c]
    and you must not be paralyzed with fear.
Have I not made you hear from of old^[d]
    and declared it, and you are my witnesses?
Is there a god besides me?
    And there is no rock! I know none!”