12. I have declared and have saved, and I have showed when there was no strange god among you; therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
13. Even before the day was I existed; and there is no one that can deliver out of my hand; if I work, who shall hinder it?
14. Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon and caused fugitives to descend unto all of them and the clamour of Chaldeans in the ships.
15. I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16. Thus saith the Lord, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;