Isaiah 43

The Redeemer of Israel

43But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,

And He who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, ^afor I have redeemed you;

^bI have called you by your name;

You are Mine.

^2cWhen you pass through the waters, ^dI will be with you;

And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.

When you ^ewalk through the fire, you shall not be burned,

Nor shall the flame scorch you.

³For I am the Lord your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

^fI gave Egypt for your ransom,

Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

⁴Since you were precious in My sight,

You have been honored,

And I have ^gloved you;

Therefore I will give men for you,

And people for your life.

^5hFear not, for I am with you;

I will bring your descendants from the east,

And ⁱgather you from the west;

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

And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’

Bring My sons from afar,

And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

⁷Everyone who is ^kcalled by My name,

Whom ^lI have created for My glory;

I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

^8mBring out the blind people who have eyes,

And the ⁿdeaf who have ears.

⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,

And let the people be assembled.

^oWho among them can declare this,

And show us former things?

Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;

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

¹⁰“You ^pare My witnesses,” says the Lord,

^q“And My servant whom I have chosen,

That you may know and ^rbelieve Me,

And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God formed,

Nor shall there be after Me.

¹¹I, even I, ^sam the Lord,

And besides Me there is no savior.

¹²I have declared and saved,

I have proclaimed,

And there was no ^tforeign god among you;

^uTherefore you are My witnesses,”

Says the Lord, “that I am God.

^13vIndeed before the day was, I am He;

And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;

I work, and who will ^wreverse it?”

¹⁴Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,

The Holy One of Israel:

“For your sake I will send to Babylon,

And bring them all down as fugitives—

The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.

¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,

The Creator of Israel, your ^xKing.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord, who ^ymakes a way in the sea

And a ^zpath through the mighty waters,

¹⁷Who ^abrings forth the chariot and horse,

The army and the power

(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;

They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):

¹⁸“Do ^bnot remember the former things,

Nor consider the things of old.

¹⁹Behold, I will do a ^cnew thing,

Now it shall spring forth;

Shall you not know it?

^dI will even make a road in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert.

²⁰The beast of the field will honor Me,

The jackals and the ostriches,

Because ^eI give waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My people, My chosen.

^21fThis people I have formed for Myself;

They shall declare My ^gpraise.

Pleading with Unfaithful Israel

²²“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;

And you ^hhave been weary of Me, O Israel.

²³ⁱYou have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,

Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.

I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,

Nor wearied you with incense.

²⁴You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,

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

But you have burdened Me with your sins,

You have ^jwearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, even I, am He who ^kblots out your transgressions ^lfor My own sake;

^mAnd I will not remember your sins.

²⁶Put Me in remembrance;

Let us contend together;

State your case, that you may be ¹acquitted.

²⁷Your first father sinned,

And your ²mediators have transgressed against Me.

²⁸Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;

ⁿI will give Jacob to the curse,

And Israel to reproaches.