10. I have tested you in the fire of suffering,as silver is refined in a furnace.But I have found that you are worthless.
11. What I do is done for my own sake —I will not let my name be dishonouredor let anyone else share the glorythat should be mine and mine alone.”
12. The Lord says,“Listen to me, Israel, the people I have called!I am God, the first, the last, the only God!
13. My hands made the earth's foundationsand spread the heavens out.When I summon earth and sky,they come at once and present themselves.
14. “Assemble and listen, all of you!None of the gods could predictthat the man I have chosen would attack Babylon;he will do what I want him to do.
15. I am the one who spoke and called him;I led him out and gave him success.
16. “Now come close to me and hear what I say.From the beginning I have spoken openly,and have always made my words come true.”(Now the Sovereign Lord has given me his power and sent me.)