12 “It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no (A)strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And I am God.
13 “Even [a](B)from eternity (C)I am He,
And there is (D)none who can deliver out of My hand;
(E)I act and who can reverse it?”

Babylon to Be Destroyed

14 Thus says the Lord your (F)Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
[b]Even the (G)Chaldeans, into the (H)ships [c]in which they rejoice.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:13 So with Gr; Heb from the day
  2. Isaiah 43:14 Another reading is As for the Chaldeans, their rejoicing is turned into lamentations
  3. 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