I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me. — There are many very similar passages in Isaiah 41-46; but none of them exactly reproduces this sentence.
I kill, and I make alive. — This was repeated by Hannah in her song, “The Lord killeth and maketh alive” (1 Samuel 2:6). Comp. also Isaiah 43:13, “Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”