Isaiah 43:10–20

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

¹¹I—I am the Lord.

Besides me, there is no Savior.^v

¹²I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed—

and not some foreign god^A among you.

So you are my witnesses”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“and^B I am God.^w

¹³Also, 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

¹⁴This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,^z the Holy One of Israel^aa says:

Because of you, I will send an army^C to Babylon

and bring all of them as fugitives,^D

even the Chaldeans^ab in the ships in which they rejoice.^E

¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.

¹⁶This is what the Lord says—

who makes a way in the sea,

and a path through raging water,^ac

¹⁷who 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 wick^ae)—

¹⁸“Do not remember the past events;

pay no attention to things of old.^af

¹⁹Look, 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

rivers^F in the desert.

²⁰Wild 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.