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"Who has performed and accomplished it, Summoning the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and 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 also help you, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

"For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.'

"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations,

"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to idols.

"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.

"You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.

"I, only I, am the LORD, And there is no savior besides Me.

"It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no strange god among you; So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And I am God.

"Even from eternity I am He, And there is no one who can rescue from My hand; I act, and who can reverse it?"

"I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."

"Behold, I am going to do something new, Now it will spring up; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.

"I, I alone, am the one who wipes out your wrongdoings for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

"This one will say, 'I am the LORD'S'; And that one will call on the name of Jacob; And another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' And will give himself Israel's name with honor.

"This is what the LORD says, He who is the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of armies: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.

Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat, he roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire."

This is what the LORD says, He who is your Redeemer, and the One who formed you from the womb: "I, the LORD, am the Maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth alone,

"I am the One who says to the depth of the sea, 'Dry up!' And I will make your rivers dry up.

"I am the LORD, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will arm you, though you have not known Me,