13. “From the ⌊first⌋ day I was the one ⌊who did this⌋.No one can rescue people from my power.When I do something, who can undo it?”
14. This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says:For your sake I will send ⌊an army⌋ to Babylon.I will bring back all the Babylonian refugeesin the ships that they take pride in.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One,the Creator of Israel, your King.
16. The Lord makes a path through the seaand a road through the strong currents.
17. He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements.(They lie down together and do not get up ⌊again⌋.They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.)This is what the Lord says:
18. Forget what happened in the past,and do not dwell on events from long ago.