| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 14 This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride. | 14 This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride. |
| 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King." | 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King." |
| 16 This is what the LORD says-- he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, | 16 This is what the LORD says-- he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, |
| 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: | 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: |
| 18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. | 18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. |
| 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. | 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. |
| 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, | 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, |
| 21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. | 21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. |
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