²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.

²² “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.^(A)
Tell us what the former things^(B) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,^(C)

⁹ Remember the former things,^(A) those of long ago;^(B)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.^(C)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,^(D)
    from ancient times,^(E) what is still to come.^(F)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(G)
    and I will do all that I please.’

²¹ Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(A) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(B)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(C)
a righteous God^(D) and a Savior;^(E)
    there is none but me.

“From now on I will tell you of new things,^(I)
    of hidden things unknown to you.
⁷ They are created^(J) now, and not long ago;^(K)
    you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
    ‘Yes, I knew^(L) of them.’
⁸ You have neither heard nor understood;^(M)
    from of old your ears^(N) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous^(O) you are;
    you were called a rebel^(P) from birth.

¹² I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god^(A) among you.
You are my witnesses,^(B)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

⁹ All the nations gather together^(A)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold^(B) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”