Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

I, I have spoken – yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed.

Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.

For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.

I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.

I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

“I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,

I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer.