I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(D)
    who spreads out the earth^(E) by myself,

³ “Listen^(A) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant^(B) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,^(C)
    and have carried^(D) since you were born.^(E)

⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb^(A) I knew^[a](B) you,
    before you were born^(C) I set you apart;^(D)
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.^(E)”