Isaiah 43:10-21

The Voice

¹⁰ Eternal One: You are My witnesses; You are My proof.

    You whom I chose for special purpose, My servant,
        in order that you would know Me, trust Me, be faithful to Me,
    Understand that I alone am God; no god was formed before Me,
        and there will be no god after Me.
¹¹     I, I am the Eternal;
        there is no Savior except for Me,
¹²     I alone told that this victory would happen. Then I saved you and made it known.
        No other god worked among you—You know the truth.
    You can testify that it is so; as I declare, I alone am God.
¹³     Indeed, from day one, I am He. No one can wrest another from My hand.
        I make things happen; who can turn them around?

Eternal One: For your good, I will send another against Babylon
        and make all of them outcasts from their own land;
    The Chaldeans will set sail and try to escape on their celebrated ships.
¹⁵     For I am the Eternal, your Holy One. I am your King,
        Creator of Israel, My people.

¹⁶ This is what the Eternal One says, the One who does the impossible,
    the One who makes a path through the sea, a smooth road through tumultuous waters,
¹⁷ The One who drags out chariots and horses,
    armies and warriors, and drowns them in the sea—
They will go down, never to rise again;
    their lives are snuffed out like a candle wick:

¹⁸ Eternal One: Don’t revel only in the past,
        or spend all your time recounting the victories of days gone by.
¹⁹     Watch closely: I am preparing something new; it’s happening now, even as I speak,
        and you’re about to see it. I am preparing a way through the desert;
    Waters will flow where there had been none.
²⁰     Wild animals in the fields will honor Me;
        the wild dogs and surly birds will join in.
    There will be water enough for My chosen people,
        trickling springs and clear streams running through the desert.
²¹     My people, the ones whom I chose and created for My own,
        will sing My praise.