13:3 I have given orders to my chosen soldiers;
I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger,
my boasting, arrogant ones.
27:3 I, the Lord, protect it;
I water it regularly.
I guard it night and day,
so no one can harm it.
37:25 I dug wells
and drank water.
With the soles of my feet I dried up
all the rivers of Egypt.’
38:10 “I thought,
‘In the middle of my life
I am deprived
42:6 “I, the Lord, officially commission you;
I take hold of your hand.
I protect you
and a light
42:8 I am the Lord! That is my name!
I will not share my glory with anyone else,
or the praise due me with idols.
42:9 Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass;
now I announce new events.
Before they begin to occur,
I reveal them to you.”
43:5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
From the east I will bring your descendants;
from the west I will gather you.
43:13 From this day forward I am he;
no one can deliver from my power;
I will act, and who can prevent it?”
45:2 “I will go before you
and level mountains.
Bronze doors I will shatter
and iron bars
45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer,
there is no God but me.
I arm you for battle,
45:6 I do this
that there is no God but me;
I am the Lord, I have no peer.
45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered,
all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!
For I am God, and I have no peer.
48:13 Yes, my hand founded the earth;
my right hand spread out the sky.
I summon them;
they stand together.
52:6 For this reason my people will know my name,
for this reason they will know
‘Here I am.’”
60:22 The least of you will multiply into
the smallest of you will become a large nation.
When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!”
66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?”
asks the Lord.
“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?”
asks your God.