Isaiah 43:18–44:10

18  oRemember ye not the former things,

Neither consider the things of old.

19  Behold, I will do pa new thing;

Now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?

qI will even make a way in the wilderness,

And rrivers in sthe desert.

20  The beast of the field shall honour me,

tThe dragons and the ||†owls:

Because rI give waters in the wilderness,

And rivers in sthe desert,

rTo give drink to my people, my chosen.

21  uThis people have I formed for myself;

vThey shall shew forth wmy praise.

22  But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob;

But xthou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

23  yThou hast not brought me the †small cattle of thy burnt offerings;

Neither hast thou zhonoured me with thy sacrifices.

I have not caused thee to serve with an offering,

Nor awearied thee with bincense.

24  Thou hast bought me no bsweet cane with money,

Neither hast thou †filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices:

But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins,

Thou hast acwearied me with thine iniquities.

25  I, even I, am he that dblotteth out thy transgressions efor mine own sake,

fAnd will not remember thy sins.

26  Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:

Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

27  Thy first father hath sinned,

And thy †teachers have transgressed against me.

28  Therefore gI have profaned the ||princes of the sanctuary,

And have given Jacob hito the curse,

And Israel to hkreproaches.

44 Yet now hear, aO Jacob my servant;

And aIsrael, whom I have chosen:

2  Thus saith the Lord bthat made thee,

And cformed thee from the womb, which will help thee;

cFear not, aO Jacob, my servant;

And thou, dJesurun, awhom I have chosen.

3  For eI will pour water upon him that is thirsty,

And floods upon the dry ground:

fI will pour my spirit upon thy seed,

And my blessing upon thine goffspring:

4  And ethey shall spring up as among the grass,

As hwillows by ithe water courses.

5  One shall say, I am the Lord’s;

And another shall call himself by the name of Jacob;

And another shall ksubscribe with his hand unto the Lord,

And lsurname himself by the name of Israel.

6  Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel,

And mhis redeemer the Lord of hosts;

I nam the first, and I am the last;

And obeside me there is no God.

7  And pwho, as I, shall call,

And shall declare it, and set it in order for me,

Since I qappointed the ancient people?

And rthe things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

8  Fear ye not, neither be afraid:

sHave not I told thee tfrom that time,

And have declared it? uye are even my witnesses.

ovwIs there a God beside me?

Yea, wthere is no †God; I know not any.

9  xThey that make a graven image are all of them vanity;

And their †delectable things shall not profit;

And ythey are their own witnesses;

zThey see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

10  Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image

aThat is profitable for nothing?