Isaiah 43:14-21

14This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.

15I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King.

16I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea.

17I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.

18“But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

19For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

20The wild animals in the fields will thank me, the jackals and owls, too, for giving them water in the desert. Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so my chosen people can be refreshed.

21I have made Israel for myself, and they will someday honor me before the whole world.