Isaiah 43

CHAPTER 43

The Redemption of Israel

¹But now, thus says Yahweh, your ^aCreator, O Jacob,

And He who ^bformed you, O Israel,

“Do not ^cfear, for I have ^dredeemed you;

I have ^ecalled you by name; you are ^fMine!

²“When you ^apass through the waters, ^bI will be with you;

And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.

When you ^cwalk through the fire, you will not be scorched,

Nor will the flame burn you.

³“For ^aI am Yahweh your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your ^bSavior;

I have given Egypt as your ransom,

^1cEthiopia and Seba in your place.

⁴“Since you are ^aprecious in My sight,

Since you are ^bhonored and I ^clove you,

I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.

⁵“Do not fear, for ^aI am with you;

I will bring ^byour seed from the east,

And ^cgather you from the west.

⁶“I will say to the ^anorth, ‘Give them up!’

And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’

Bring My ^bsons from afar

And My daughters from the ^cends of the earth,

⁷Everyone who is ^acalled by My name,

And whom I have ^bcreated for My ^cglory,

^dWhom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

Israel Is Yahweh’s Witness

⁸Bring out the people who are ^ablind, even though they have eyes,

And the deaf, even though they have ears.

⁹All the nations have ^agathered together

So that the peoples may be assembled.

Who among them can ^bdeclare this

And make us hear the former things?

Let them present ^ctheir witnesses ^dthat they may be justified,

Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”

¹⁰“You are ^aMy witnesses,” declares Yahweh,

“And ^bMy servant whom I have chosen,

So that you may know and believe Me

And understand that ^cI am He.

^dBefore Me there was no god formed,

And there will be none after Me.

¹¹“I, even I, am Yahweh,

And there is no ^asavior ^bbesides Me.

¹²“It is I who have declared and saved and caused it to be heard,

And there was no ^astrange god among you;

So you are My witnesses,” declares Yahweh,

“And I am God.

¹³“Even ^1afrom eternity ^bI am He,

And there is ^cnone who can deliver out of My hand;

^dI act and who can reverse it?”

Rivers in the Wasteland

¹⁴Thus says Yahweh your ^aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel,

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

And will bring down those who fled—all of them,

¹Even the ^bChaldeans—into the ^cships ²in which they shouted for joy.

¹⁵“I am Yahweh, your Holy One,

^aThe Creator of Israel, your ^bKing.”

¹⁶Thus says Yahweh,

Who ^amakes a way through the sea

And a path through the mighty waters,

¹⁷Who brings forth the ^achariot and the horse,

The military force and the mighty man;

They will lie down together and not rise again;

They have been ^bextinguished and quenched like a wick:

¹⁸“^aDo not remember the former things,

Nor carefully consider things of the past.

¹⁹“Behold, I will do something ^anew;

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not know it?

I will even ^bmake a roadway in the wilderness,

Rivers in the wasteland.

²⁰“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,

The ^ajackals and the ostriches,

Because I have ^bgiven waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the wasteland,

To give drink to My chosen people.

²¹“The people whom ^aI formed for Myself

^bWill recount My praise.

²²“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;

But you have become ^aweary of Me, O Israel.

²³“You have ^anot brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,

Nor have you ^bglorified Me with your sacrifices.

I have not ^cburdened you with ¹offerings,

Nor wearied you with ^dfrankincense.

²⁴“You have not bought Me ^1asweet cane with money,

Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;

Rather you have burdened Me with your sins;

You have ^bwearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, even I, am the one who ^awipes out your transgressions ^bfor My own sake,

And I will ^cnot remember your sins.

²⁶“¹Bring Me to remembrance, ^alet us enter into judgment together;

Recount your cause, ^bthat you may be proved right.

²⁷“Your ^afirst father sinned,

And your ^1bspokesmen have ²transgressed against Me.

²⁸“So I will ¹profane the ²princes of the sanctuary,

And I will give Jacob to be ^adevoted to destruction and Israel to ^brevilement.