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I, I am the Lord , and there is no deliverer besides me.

I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses," says the Lord , "that I am God.

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

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

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.

This is what the Lord , Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

Half of it he burns in the fire— over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, ‘Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.'

This is what the Lord , your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: "I am the Lord , who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,

I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the Lord , the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.

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.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord , who accomplishes all these things.

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky— he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited— "I am the Lord , I have no peer.

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, ‘Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord , the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

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.

Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,

I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor."

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, ‘No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!'