10  ^f“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,

“and my servant whom I have chosen,

that you may know and believe me

and understand that ^gI am he.

Before me no god was formed,

nor shall there be any after me.

6  Thus says the Lord, the ^yKing of Israel

and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

“I am the ^zfirst and I am the last;

^abesides me there is no god.

8  Fear not, nor be afraid;

have I not told you from of old and declared it?

And ^cyou are my witnesses!

Is there a God besides me?

There is no ^dRock; I know not any.”

18  For thus says the Lord,

^gwho created the heavens

(he is God!),

who formed the earth and made it

(he established it;

he did not create it empty,

he formed it to be inhabited!):

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

9  remember the former things of old;

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me,