8  Fear not, nor be afraid;

have I not told you from of old and declared it?

^lAnd you are my witnesses!

^mIs there a God besides me?

There is no ⁿRock; I know not any.”

16  ^yDraw near to me, hear this:

from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I have been there.”

And now ^zthe Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.