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!
18. But the Lord says,“Do not cling to events of the pastor dwell on what happened long ago.
19. Watch for the new thing I am going to do.It is happening already — you can see it now!I will make a road through the wildernessand give you streams of water there.
20. Even the wild animals will honour me;jackals and ostriches will praise mewhen I make rivers flow in the desertto give water to my chosen people.
21. They are the people I made for myself,and they will sing my praises!”
22. The Lord says,“But you were tired of me, Israel;you did not worship me.