7. everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made.’
8. Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,who have ears but are deaf.
9. All the nations gather togetherand the peoples assemble.Which of their gods foretold thisand proclaimed to us the former things?Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,so that others may hear and say, ‘It is true.’
10. ‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord,‘and my servant whom I have chosen,so that you may know and believe meand understand that I am he.Before me no god was formed,nor will there be one after me.
11. I, even I, am the Lord,and apart from me there is no saviour.
12. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed –I, and not some foreign god among you.You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am God.
13. Yes, and from ancient days I am he.No one can deliver out of my hand.When I act, who can reverse it?’
14. This is what the Lord says –your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:‘For your sake I will send to Babylonand bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,in the ships in which they took pride.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One,Israel’s Creator, your King.’
16. This is what the Lord says –he who made a way through the sea,a path through the mighty waters,
17. who drew out the chariots and horses,the army and reinforcements together,and they lay there, never to rise again,extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: