²⁶ Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know,
    and beforehand, so that we might say, “He is right”?
There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed,
    none who heard your words.^(A)

²⁷ I first have declared it to Zion,^[a]
    and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.^(A)

⁵ I am the Lord, and there is no other;
    besides me there is no god.
    I arm you, though you do not know me,^(A)

²¹ Declare and present your case;
    take counsel together!^[a]
Who told this long ago?
    Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
    There is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
    there is no one besides me.^(A)