13. “I have always been God. When I do something, no one can change what I have done. And no one can save people from my power.”
14. The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you, and he says, “I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those Chaldeans will be taken away in their own boats. (They are so proud of those boats.)
15. I am the Lord your Holy One. I made Israel. I am your King.”
16. The Lord is making roads through the sea. He is making a path for his people, even through rough waters. The Lord says,
17. “Those who fight against me with their chariots, horses, and armies will be defeated. They will never rise again. They will be destroyed. They will be put out like the flame in a lamp.
18. So don’t remember what happened in earlier times. Don’t think about what happened a long time ago,
19. because I am doing something new! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I will even make a road in the desert, and rivers will flow through that dry land.