¹³ Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

² Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever you had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

²⁷ For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

¹² Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'

²² "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

⁴ Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

⁸ "I am the Alpha and the Omega,{TR adds "the Beginning and the End"}" says the Lord God,{TR omits "God"} "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹¹ in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

¹⁸ So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

¹⁹ You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

¹² Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

³⁹ See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; There is none who can deliver out of my hand.

¹⁴ If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath;

¹⁵ All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.

²⁹ When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man:

² Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.

²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.

¹⁵ For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

³⁵ All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or tell him, What do you?

¹⁰ Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one will deliver her out of my hand.

¹⁴ For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

² But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Being small among the clans of Judah, Out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

³¹ Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.