Isaiah 43:14-21

14This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.

15I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

16This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

17the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

18“Don’t remember these earlier events; don’t recall these former events.

19“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

20The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,

21the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”