12. It is I who declared, who saved,who announced, not some strange god among you;You are my witnesses—oracle of the Lord.I am God,
13. yes, from eternity I am he;There is none who can deliver from my hand:I act and who can cancel it?
14. Thus says the Lord, your redeemer,the Holy One of Israel:For your sake I send to Babylon;I will bring down all her defenses,and the Chaldeans shall cry out in lamentation.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One,the creator of Israel, your King.
16. Thus says the Lord,who opens a way in the sea,a path in the mighty waters,
17. Who leads out chariots and horsemen,a powerful army,Till they lie prostrate together, never to rise,snuffed out, quenched like a wick.
18. Remember not the events of the past,the things of long ago consider not;
19. See, I am doing something new!Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?In the wilderness I make a way,in the wasteland, rivers.
20. Wild beasts honor me,jackals and ostriches,For I put water in the wildernessand rivers in the wastelandfor my chosen people to drink,
21. The people whom I formed for myself,that they might recount my praise.
22. Yet you did not call upon me, Jacob,for you grew weary of me, Israel.
23. You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings,nor honor me with your sacrifices.I did not exact from you the service of offerings,nor weary you for frankincense.
24. You did not buy me sweet cane,nor did you fill me with the fat of your sacrifices;Instead, you burdened me with your sins,wearied me with your crimes.