Isaiah 43:14–28

Babylon to Be Destroyed

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

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

And will bring them all down as fugitives,

¹Even the ^bChaldeans, into the ^cships ²in which they rejoice.

¹⁵“I am the Lord, your Holy One,

^aThe Creator of Israel, your ^bKing.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord,

Who ^amakes a way through the sea

And a path through the mighty waters,

¹⁷Who brings forth the ^achariot and the horse,

The army and the mighty man

(They will lie down together and not rise again;

They have been ^bquenched and extinguished like a wick):

¹⁸“^aDo not call to mind the former things,

Or ponder things of the past.

¹⁹“Behold, I will do something ^anew,

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not be aware of it?

I will even ^bmake a roadway in the wilderness,

Rivers in the desert.

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 desert,

To give drink to My chosen people.

²¹“The people whom ^aI formed for Myself

^bWill declare My praise.

The Shortcomings of Israel

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 ^bhonored Me with your sacrifices.

I have not ^cburdened you with ¹offerings,

Nor wearied you with ^dincense.

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

Nor have you ²filled 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“¹Put Me in remembrance, ^alet us argue our case together;

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

²⁷“Your ^afirst ¹forefather sinned,

And your ^2bspokesmen have ³transgressed against Me.

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

And I will consign Jacob to the ^aban and Israel to ^brevilement.