“You are My witnesses” —
this is the LORD’s declaration —
“and My servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe Me
and understand that I am He.
No god was formed before Me,
and there will be none after Me.
I, I am Yahweh,
and there is no other Savior but Me.
I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed —
and not some foreign god among you.
So you are My witnesses” —
this is the LORD’s declaration —
“and I am God.
Also, from today on I am He alone,
and none can deliver from My hand.
I act, and who can reverse it? ”
This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:
Because of you, I will send to Babylon
and bring all of them as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.
This is what the LORD says —
who makes a way in the sea,
and a path through surging waters,
who brings out the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty one together
(they lie down, they do not rise again;
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick ) —
“Do not remember the past events,
pay no attention to things of old.
Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.
The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.
The people I formed for Myself
will declare My praise.