<p class="poetry">Listen to me, O Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Israel, whom I summoned!p> <p class="poetry">I am the one;p> <p class="poetry">I am present at the very beginningp> <p class="poetry">and at the very end.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Now go, write it<n id="1" /> down on a tablet in their presence,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">inscribe it on a scroll,p> <p class="poetry">so that it might be preserved for a future timep> <p class="poetry">as an enduring witness.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>, Israel&#8217;s king, says,p> <p class="poetry">their protector,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am the first and I am the last,p> <p class="poetry">there is no God but me.p>