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14 God, your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel, says: "Just for you, I will march on Babylon. I'll turn the tables on the Babylonians. Instead of whooping it up, they'll be wailing.
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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 God, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King."
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I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”
16 This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves,
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This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,
17 The God who summons horses and chariots and armies - they lie down and then can't get up; they're snuffed out like so many candles:
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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 about what's happened; don't keep going over old history.
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“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
19 Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.
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See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
20 Wild animals will say 'Thank you!' - the coyotes and the buzzards - Because I provided water in the desert, rivers through the sun-baked earth, Drinking water for the people I chose,
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The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people I made especially for myself, a people custom-made to praise me.
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the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
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