7. They are my own people,and I created them to bring me glory.”
8. God says,“Summon my people to court.They have eyes, but they are blind;they have ears, but they are deaf!
9. Summon the nations to come to the trial.Which of their gods can predict the future?Which of them foretold what is happening now?Let these gods bring in their witnessesto prove that they are right,to testify to the truth of their words.
10. “People of Israel, you are my witnesses;I chose you to be my servant,so that you would know me and believe in meand understand that I am the only God.Besides me there is no other god;there never was and never will be.
11. “I alone am the Lord,the only one who can save you.
12. I predicted what would happen,and then I came to your aid.No foreign god has ever done this;you are my witnesses.
13. I am God and always will be.No one can escape from my power;no one can change what I do.”
14. Israel's holy God, the Lord who saves you, says,“To save you, I will send an army against Babylon;I will break down the city gates,and the shouts of her people will turn into crying.
15. I am the Lord, your holy God.I created you, Israel, and I am your king.”
16. Long ago the Lord made a road through the sea,a path through the swirling waters.
17. He led a mighty army to destruction,an army of chariots and horses.Down they fell, never to rise,snuffed out like the flame of a lamp!