10 “People of Israel, you are my witnesses;I chose you to be my servant,so that you would know me and believe in meand understand that I am the only God.Besides me there is no other god;there never was and never will be.
11 “I alone am the Lord,the only one who can save you.
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.