10. I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure.I have purified you by giving you troubles.
11. I do this for myself, for my own sake.I will not let people speak evil against me.I will not let some false god take my glory.
12. “People of Jacob, listen to me.People of Israel, I have called you to be my people.I am God.I am the beginning and the end.
13. I made the earth with my own hands.With my right hand I spread out the skies.When I call them,they come together before me.
14. “All of you, come together and listen.None of the false gods said these things would happen.I, the Lord, have chosen someoneto attack the Babylonians.He will carry out my wishes against Babylon.
15. I have spoken. I have called him.I have brought him, and I will make him successful.
16. Come to me and listen to this.From the beginning I have spoken openly.From the time it began, I was there.”Now, the Lord Godhas sent me with his Spirit.
17. The Lord is your close relative who saves you, the Holy One of Israel.The Lord says,“I am the Lord your God.I teach you to do what is good.I lead you in the way you should go.