⁸ Bring out the people who have eyes but ·don’t see [are blind]
    and those who have ears but ·don’t hear [are deaf; 42:19].
⁹ All the nations gather together,
    and all the people ·come together [assemble].
·Which of their gods [^LWho among them] said this would happen?
    ·Which of their gods can tell what happened in the beginning [^L…and caused us to hear former things]?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove they were right.
    Then others will say, “It is true.”
¹⁰ The Lord says, “You are my witnesses
    and the servant I chose [42:1].
I chose you so you would know and believe me,
    so you would understand that I am ·the true God [^Lhe].
There was no God ·created [formed] before me,
    and there will be ·no God [none] after me.
¹¹ I myself am the Lord;
    I am the only Savior.
¹² I myself have ·spoken [made known] to you, saved you, and ·told [proclaimed to] you these things.
    It was not some foreign god among you.
You are my witnesses, and I am God,”
    says the Lord.
¹³     “·I have always been God [^LIndeed from the day, I am he; ^C“day” may mean the first day of creation or from this day forward].
No one can save people from my ·power [^Lhand];
when I do something, no one can ·change [undo; reverse] it.”