12. I decreed and delivered and proclaimed,and there was no other god among you.You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God.
13. From this day forward I am he;no one can deliver from my power;I will act, and who can prevent it?”
14. This is what the Lord says,your protector, the Holy One of Israel:“For your sake I send to Babylonand make them all fugitives,turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One,the one who created Israel, your king.”
16. This is what the Lord says,the one who made a road through the sea,a pathway through the surging waters,
17. the one who led chariots and horses to destruction,together with a mighty army.They fell down, never to rise again;they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:
18. “Don’t remember these earlier events;don’t recall these former events.
19. “Look, I am about to do something new.Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it?Yes, I will make a road in the desertand paths in the wilderness.
20. The wild animals of the desert honor me,the jackals and ostriches,because I put water in the desertand streams in the wilderness,to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
21. the people whom I formed for myself,so they might praise me.”
22. “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;you did not long for me, O Israel.
23. You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings;you did not honor me with your sacrifices.I did not burden you with offerings;I did not make you weary by demanding incense.
24. You did not buy me aromatic reeds;you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices.Yet you burdened me with your sins;you made me weary with your evil deeds.
25. I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;your sins I do not remember.