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I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.’” So the sun’s shadow went back the ten steps it had descended.

I said: In the prime of my lifeI must go to the gates of Sheol;I am deprived of the rest of my years.

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weak looking upward.Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Who has performed and done this,calling the generations from the beginning?I am the Lord, the firstand with the last—I am he.”

Do not fear, for I am with you;do not be afraid, for I am your God.I will strengthen you; I will help you;I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

For I am the Lord your God,who holds your right hand,who says to you, ‘Do not fear,I will help you.

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.I will answer them.I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

“I am the Lord. I have called youfor a righteous purpose,and I will hold you by your hand.I will watch over you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the peopleand a light to the nations,

I am the Lord. That is my name,and I will not give my glory to anotheror my praise to idols.

Who is blind but my servant,or deaf like my messenger I am sending?Who is blind like my dedicated one,or blind like the servant of the Lord?

For I am the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.I have given Egypt as a ransom for you,Cush and Seba in your place.

Do not fear, for I am with you;I will bring your descendants from the east,and gather you from the west.

I—I am the Lord.Besides me, there is no Savior.

Also, from today on I am he alone,and none can rescue from my power.I act, and who can reverse it?”

I am the Lord, your Holy One,the Creator of Israel, your King.

Look, I am about to do something new;even now it is coming. Do you not see it?Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,rivers in the desert.

This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;another will use the name of Jacob;still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’and take on the name of Israel.”

He burns half of it in a fire,and he roasts meat on that half.He eats the roast and is satisfied.He warms himself and says, “Ah!I am warm, I see the blaze.”

I will give you the treasures of darknessand riches from secret places,so that you may know that I am the Lord.I am the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

I am the Lord, and there is no other;there is no God but me.I will strengthen you,though you do not know me,