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12 I have made known what would happen.
    I saved you. I have told you about it.
I did this. It was not some other god you worship.
    You are my witnesses that I am God,” announces the Lord.
13 “And that is not all! I have always been God,
    and I always will be.
No one can save people from my power.
    When I do something, who can undo it?”

The Lord Is Full of Mercy but Israel Is Unfaithful

14 The Lord sets his people free.
    He is the Holy One of Israel. He says,
“People of Israel, I will send an army to Babylon to save you.
    I will cause all the Babylonians to run away.
    They will try to escape in the ships they were so proud of.

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12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(A) among you.
You are my witnesses,(B)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13     Yes, and from ancient days(C) I am he.(D)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(E)

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(F) the Holy One(G) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(H) all the Babylonians,[a](I)
    in the ships in which they took pride.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans