¹⁴Thus says the Lord,
   your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I will send to Babylon
   and break down all the bars,
   and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.^*
15I am the Lord, your Holy One,
   the Creator of Israel, your King.
¹⁶Thus says the Lord,
   who makes a way in the sea,
   a path in the mighty waters,
¹⁷who brings out chariot and horse,
   army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
   they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
¹⁸Do not remember the former things,
   or consider the things of old.
¹⁹I am about to do a new thing;
   now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
   and rivers in the desert.
²⁰The wild animals will honour me,
   the jackals and the ostriches;
for I give water in the wilderness,
   rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
²¹   the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.

²²Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
   but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
²³You have not brought me your sheep for burnt-offerings,
   or honoured me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
   or wearied you with frankincense.
²⁴You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
   or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
   you have wearied me with your iniquities.

²⁵I, I am He
   who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
   and I will not remember your sins.
²⁶Accuse me, let us go to trial;
   set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.
²⁷Your first ancestor sinned,
   and your interpreters transgressed against me.
²⁸Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
   I delivered Jacob to utter destruction,
   and Israel to reviling.

God’s Blessing on Israel

44But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
   Israel whom I have chosen!
²Thus says the Lord who made you,
   who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
   Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
³For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
   and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my spirit upon your descendants,
   and my blessing on your offspring.
⁴They shall spring up like a green tamarisk,
   like willows by flowing streams.
⁵This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’,
   another will be called by the name of Jacob,
yet another will write on the hand, ‘The Lord’s’,
   and adopt the name of Israel.