Isaiah 43:14-21

14This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send ⌞an army⌟ to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in.

15I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16The Lord makes a path through the sea and a road through the strong currents.

17He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements. (They lie down together and do not get up ⌞again⌟. They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.) This is what the Lord says:

18Forget what happened in the past, and do not dwell on events from long ago.

19I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.

20Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me. I will provide water in the desert. I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink.

21I have formed these people for myself. They will praise me.