10 (A)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and (B)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
(C)Before me no god was formed,
    nor shall there be any after me.
11 (D)I, I am the Lord,
    and besides me there is no savior.
12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no strange god among you;
    and (E)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
13 Also (F)henceforth I am he;
    there is none who can deliver from my hand;
    I work, and who can turn it back?”

14 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
(G)“For your sake I send to Babylon
    and (H)bring them all down as fugitives,
    (I)even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
    the Creator of Israel, your King.”

16 Thus says the Lord,
    (J)who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,

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10 “You are my witnesses,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.(E)
11 I, even I, am the Lord,(F)
    and apart from me there is no savior.(G)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(H) among you.
You are my witnesses,(I)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13     Yes, and from ancient days(J) I am he.(K)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(L)

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(M) the Holy One(N) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(O) all the Babylonians,[a](P)
    in the ships in which they took pride.
15 I am the Lord,(Q) your Holy One,
    Israel’s Creator,(R) your King.(S)

16 This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans