Isaiah 43:10–20

¹⁰“You are my witnesses,^e” declares the Lord,

“and my servant^f whom I have chosen,

so that you may know^g and believe me

and understand that I am he.

Before me no god^h was formed,

nor will there be one after me.ⁱ

¹¹I, even I, am the Lord,^j

and apart from me there is no savior.^k

¹²I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—

I, and not some foreign god^l among you.

You are my witnesses,^m” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

¹³Yes, and from ancient daysⁿ I am he.^o

No one can deliver out of my hand.

When I act, who can reverse it?”^p

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

¹⁴This is what the Lord says—

your Redeemer,^q the Holy One^r of Israel:

“For your sake I will send to Babylon

and bring down as fugitives^s all the Babylonians,^bt

in the ships in which they took pride.

¹⁵I am the Lord,^u your Holy One,

Israel’s Creator,^v your King.^w”

¹⁶This is what the Lord says—

he who made a way through the sea,

a path through the mighty waters,^x

¹⁷who drew out^y the chariots and horses,^z

the army and reinforcements together,^a

and they lay^b there, never to rise again,

extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:^c

¹⁸“Forget the former things;^d

do not dwell on the past.

¹⁹See, I am doing a new thing!^e

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness^f

and streams in the wasteland.^g

²⁰The wild animals^h honor me,

the jackalsⁱ and the owls,

because I provide water^j in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland,

to give drink to my people, my chosen,