Isaiah 43:11–19
11 I, even I, am the Lord,j
and apart from me there is no savior.k
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
I, and not some foreign godl among you.
You are my witnesses,m” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13 Yes, 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
14 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,q the Holy Oner of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
and bring down as fugitivess all the Babylonians,b t
in the ships in which they took pride.
15 I am the Lord,u your Holy One,
Israel’s Creator,v your King.w”
16 This is what the Lord says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,x
17 who drew outy the chariots and horses,z
the army and reinforcements together,a
and they layb there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:c
18 “Forget the former things;d
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!e
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wildernessf
and streams in the wasteland.g