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Isaiah 43:12-20 Good News Bible (GNB)

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.