Isaiah 43:10–20

¹⁰You are my witnesses, says the Lord,

and my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.

Before me no god was formed,

nor shall there be any after me.^*

¹¹I, I am the Lord,

and besides me there is no savior.^*

¹²I am the one who declared and saved and proclaimed,

not some strange god among you;

you are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.^*

¹³Indeed, since that day I am he;

there is no one who can deliver from my hand;

I work, and who can hinder it?^*

¹⁴Thus says the Lord,

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

For your sake I will send to Babylon

and break down all the bars,

and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.^a*

¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.

¹⁶Thus says the Lord,

who makes a way in the sea,

a path in the mighty waters,^*

¹⁷who brings out chariot and horse,

army and warrior;

they lie down; they cannot rise;

they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:^*

¹⁸Do not remember the former things

or consider the things of old.^*

¹⁹I am about to do a new thing;

now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness

and rivers in the desert.^*

²⁰The wild animals will honor me,

the jackals and the ostriches,

for I give water in the wilderness,

rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people,^*