_Avenging and Deliverance; and Outpouring of the Spirit._
14. Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, For
your sake I have sent to Babel, and will hurl them all down as
fugitives, and the Chaldeans into the ships of their rejoicing.
15. I, Jehovah, am your Holy One; (I), Israel's Creator, your King.
16. Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth a road through the sea, and a path
through tumultuous waters; 17. who bringeth out chariot and horse,
army[2] and hero; they lie down together, they never rise: they have
flickered away, extinguished like a wick. 18. Remember not things of
olden time, nor meditate upon those of earlier times! 19. Behold, I
work out a new thing; will ye not live to see it? Yea, I make a road
through the desert, and streams through solitudies. 20. The beast of
the field will praise Me, wild dogs and ostriches; for I give water
in the desert, streams in solitude, to give drink to My people, My
chosen. 21. The people that I formed for Myself, they shall show
forth My praise.
22.[3] And thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob, that thou shouldest
have wearied thyself for Me, O Israel! 23. Thou hast not brought Me
sheep of My burnt-offerings, and thou hast not honoured Me with thy
slain-offerings. I have not burdened thee with meat-offerings, and
have not troubled thee about incense. 24. Thou hast brought Me no
spice-cane for silver, nor hast thou refreshed Me with the fat of thy
slain-offerings. No; thou hast wearied Me with thy sins, troubled Me
with thine iniquities. 25. I, I alone, blot out thy transgressions
for My own sake, and do not remember thy sins.
26. Call to My remembrance; we will strive together; tell Me now,
that thou mayest appear just. 27. Thy first forefather sinned, and
thy mediators have fallen away from Me. 28. Then I profaned holy
princes, and gave up Jacob to the curse, and Israel to blasphemies.