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    remember the former things, those long ago:
I am God, there is no other;
    I am God, there is none like me.
10 At the beginning I declare the outcome;
    from of old, things not yet done.
I say that my plan shall stand,
    I accomplish my every desire.

11 I summon from the east a bird of prey,[a]
    from a distant land, one to carry out my plan.
Yes, I have spoken, I will accomplish it;
    I have planned it, and I will do it.

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Footnotes

  1. 46:11 From the east a bird of prey: Cyrus; cf. 41:2–4.

Remember the former things,(A) those of long ago;(B)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.(C)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,(D)
    from ancient times,(E) what is still to come.(F)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(G)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(H) a bird of prey;(I)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(J) that I will do.(K)

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