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13 I am God now and forever.
No one can snatch you from me
    or stand in my way.

The Lord Will Prepare the Way

14 I, the Lord, will rescue you!
I am Israel's holy God,
    and this is my promise:
For your sake, I will send
    an army against Babylon
to drag its people away,
    crying as they go.[a]

15 I am the Lord, your holy God,
    Israel's Creator and King.

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Footnotes

  1. 43.14 crying as they go: Or “in their glorious ships.”

13     Yes, and from ancient days(A) I am he.(B)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(C)

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans