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“I have declared [the future] and saved [the nation] and proclaimed [that I am God],
And there was no strange (alien) god among you;
Therefore you are My witnesses [among the pagans],” declares the Lord,
“That I am God.
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“Even from eternity I am He,
And there is no one who can rescue from My hand;
I act, and who can revoke or reverse it?”

Babylon to Be Destroyed

14 This is what the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,

“For your sake I have sent [one] to Babylon,
And I will bring down all of them as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans [who reign in Babylon], into the ships [a]over which they rejoiced.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Lit of their rejoicing.

12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(A) among you.
You are my witnesses,(B)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13     Yes, and from ancient days(C) I am he.(D)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(E)

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(F) the Holy One(G) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(H) all the Babylonians,[a](I)
    in the ships in which they took pride.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans