⁸ Bring out the people who are ^(A)blind, even though they have eyes,
And those who are deaf, even though they have ears.
⁹ All the nations have ^(B)gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them can ^(C)declare this
And proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present ^(D)their witnesses so ^(E)that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”
¹⁰ “You are ^(F)My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And ^(G)My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that ^(H)I am He.
^(I)Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
¹¹ I, only I, am the Lord,
And there is no ^(J)savior ^(K)besides Me.
¹² It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no ^(L)strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And I am God.
¹³ Even ^[a](M)from eternity ^(N)I am He,
And there is ^(O)no one who can rescue from My hand;
^(P)I act, and who can reverse it?”

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
^[b]Even the ^(R)Chaldeans, into the ^(S)ships ^[c]over which they rejoice.
¹⁵ I am the Lord, your Holy One,
^(T)The Creator of Israel, your ^(U)King.”

He who ^(V)makes a way through the sea
And a path through the mighty waters,
¹⁷ Who brings out the ^(W)chariot and the horse,
The army and the mighty man
(They will lie down together and not rise again;
They have been ^(X)extinguished, and have gone out like a wick):
¹⁸ “^(Y)Do not call to mind the former things,
Or consider things of the past.
¹⁹ Behold, I am going to do something ^(Z)new,
Now it will spring up;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even ^(AA)make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
²⁰ The animals of the field will glorify Me,
The ^(AB)jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have ^(AC)given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
²¹ The people whom ^(AD)I formed for Myself
^(AE)Will declare My praise.