Isaiah 43

But now thus saith the Lord ^athat created thee, O Jacob,

^bAnd he ^athat formed thee, O Israel,

^fpFear not: ^cfor I have redeemed thee,

^dI have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

^2eWhen thou passest through the waters, ^fI will be with thee;

And ^gthrough the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:

^ehWhen thou ⁱwalkest through the fire, ^hthou shalt not be ⁱburnt;

Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

³For I am the Lord thy God,

The Holy One of Israel, ^jthy Saviour:

^kI gave ^lEgypt ^mfor thy ransom,

^lEthiopia and ⁿSeba for thee.

⁴Since ^othou wast precious in my sight,

Thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:

^mTherefore will I give men for thee,

And people for thy life.

^5pFear not: for I am with thee:

I will bring thy seed ^qfrom the east,

And ^qgather thee from the west;

⁶I will say to ^qthe north, Give up;

And to the south, Keep not back:

Bring ^rmy sons from far,

And ^rmy daughters from the ends of the earth;

⁷Even every one ^sthat is called by my name:

For ^asI have created him for my glory,

^aI have formed him; yea, ^uI have made him.

^8vBring forth the blind people that have eyes,

And the deaf that have ears.

⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,

And let the people be assembled:

^wWho among them can declare this,

And shew us former things?

Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified:

Or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

^10xYe are my witnesses, saith the Lord,

And ^ymy servant whom I have chosen:

That ye may know and believe me,

And understand that I am he:

^zBefore me there was no God formed,

Neither shall there be after me.

^11aI, even I, am the Lord;

^aAnd ^bbeside me there is no saviour.

¹²I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,

When there was no ^cstrange god among you:

Therefore ^dye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that ^eI am God.

¹³Yea, ^efbefore the day was I am he;

And there is none that can deliver out of my hand:

I will work, and who shall ^glet it?

¹⁴Thus saith the Lord, ^hyour redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

And have brought down all their ⁱnobles,

And the ^kChaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,

The creator of Israel, your King.

¹⁶Thus saith the Lord, ^lwhich maketh a way in the sea,

And a path in the mighty waters;

^17mWhich bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power;

They shall lie down together, they shall not rise:

They are extinct, ⁿthey are quenched as tow.

^18oRemember ye not the former things,

Neither consider the things of old.

¹⁹Behold, 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.

²⁰The 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.

^21uThis people have I formed for myself;

^vThey shall shew forth ^wmy praise.

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

But ^xthou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

^23yThou 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.

²⁴Thou 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.

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

^fAnd will not remember thy sins.

²⁶Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:

Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

²⁷Thy first father hath sinned,

And thy teachers have transgressed against me.

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

And have given Jacob ^hito the curse,

And Israel to ^hkreproaches.

XLIV.