Isaiah 43:10–21

10 “You are my witnesses”r—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“and my servant whom I have chosen,s

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.t

No god was formed before me,

and there will be none after me.u

11 I—I am the Lord.

Besides me, there is no Savior.v

12 I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed—

and not some foreign godA among you.

So you are my witnesses”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“andB I am God.w

13 Also, from today on I am he alone,

and none can rescue from my power.x

I act, and who can reverse it?”y

GOD’S DELIVERANCE OF REBELLIOUS ISRAEL

14 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,z the Holy One of Israelaa says:

Because of you, I will send an armyC to Babylon

and bring all of them as fugitives,D

even the Chaldeansab in the ships in which they rejoice.E

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 This is what the Lord says—

who makes a way in the sea,

and a path through raging water,ac

17 who brings out the chariot and horse,ad

the army and the mighty one together

(they lie down, they do not rise again;

they are extinguished, put out like a wickae)—

18 “Do not remember the past events;

pay no attention to things of old.af

19 Look, I am about to do something new;ag

even now it is coming. Do you not see it?

Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,ah

riversF in the desert.

20 Wild animals—

jackals and ostriches—will honor me,

because I provide water in the wilderness,

and rivers in the desert,a

to give drink to my chosen people.

21 The people I formed for myself

will declare my praise.b