12. Listen to me, Jacob,Israel, whom I called!I, it is I who am the first,and am I the last.
13. Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth;my right hand spread out the heavens.When I summon them,they stand forth at once.
14. All of you assemble and listen:Who among you declared these things?The one the Lord loves shall do his willagainst Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea.
15. I myself have spoken, I have summoned him,I have brought him, and his way succeeds!
16. Come near to me and hear this!From the beginning I did not speak in secret;At the time it happens, I am there:“Now the Lord God has sent me, and his spirit.”
17. Thus says the Lord, your redeemer,the Holy One of Israel:I am the Lord, your God,teaching you how to prevail,leading you on the way you should go.
18. If only you would attend to my commandments,your peace would be like a river,your vindication like the waves of the sea,
19. Your descendants like the sand,the offspring of your loins like its grains,Their name never cut offor blotted out from my presence.
20. Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea!With shouts of joy declare this, announce it;Make it known to the ends of the earth,Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.
21. They did not thirstwhen he led them through dry lands;Water from the rock he set flowing for them;he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.”
22. There is no peace for the wicked,says the Lord.