6  Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel

and ⁱhis Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

^j“I am the first and I am the last;

besides me there is no god.

18  ^vFor thus says the Lord,

who created the heavens

(he is God!),

who formed the earth and made it

(he established it;

he ^wdid not create it empty,

^xhe formed it to be inhabited!):

“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

9  remember the former things of old;

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me,