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

22 “But, Jacob, you have not called on me,

because, Israel, you have become weary of me.c

23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings

or honored me with your sacrifices.d

I have not burdened you with offerings

or wearied you with incense.A

24 You have not bought me aromatic cane with silver,

or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.

But you have burdened me with your sins;

you have wearied mee with your iniquities.f

25 “I am the one, I sweep away your transgressionsg

for my own sakeh

and remember your sins no more.i

26 Remind me. Let’s argue the case together.j

Recount the facts, so that you may be vindicated.

27 Your first father sinned,k

and your mediators have rebelled against me.l

28 So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary,

and set Jacob apart for destructionm

and Israel for scorn.