13. “I have always been God.No one can save people from my power;when I do something, no one can change it.”
14. This is what the Lord, who saves you,the Holy One of Israel, says:“I will send armies to Babylon for you,and I will knock down all its locked gates.The Babylonians will shout their cries of sorrow.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One,the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16. This is what the Lord says.He is the one who made a road through the seaand a path through rough waters.
17. He is the one who defeated the chariots and horsesand the mighty armies.They fell together and will never rise again.They were destroyed as a flame is put out.