12I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
13From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
14The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.
15I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.
16This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;
17Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.
18Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.
