^{9 Ref} Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

^{10 Ref} Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

^{11 Ref} Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.