10 You dried up the water that was in the deep sea. You made a road through the deepest parts of the sea. Your people crossed over and were saved.
11 The Lord will save his people. They will return to Zion with joy. They will be very happy. Their happiness will be like a crown on their heads forever. They will be singing with joy. All sadness will be gone far away.
12 The Lord says, “I am the one who comforts you. So why should you be afraid of people? They are only humans who live and die like the grass.
13 “I, the Lord, am the one who made you. With my power I made the earth and spread the sky over the earth. But you have forgotten me, so you are always afraid that angry men will hurt you. Those men planned to destroy you, but where are they now?
14 “People in prison will soon be made free. They will not die and rot in prison. They will have plenty of food.
15 “I am the Lord your God, the one who stirs up the sea and makes the waves roar.” The Lord All-Powerful is his name.
16 “My servant, I gave you the words I want you to say, and I covered you with my hands to protect you. I did this to make a new heaven and earth and so that you would say to Israel, ‘You are my people.’”