dismayed and terrified” (Isa. 41:22–23). In contrast, God proclaims through Isaiah that he both knows all things and is the one who brings all things to pass: “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose’ ” (Isa. 46:9–10). This is true for events that we experience as good and those that we experience as ill: “I am the LORD,
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