Is 43:1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by
thy name; thou art mine.
Is 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Is 43:3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave
Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Is 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I
have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Is 43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and
gather thee from the west;
Is 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring
my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Is 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my
glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Is 43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have
ears.
Is 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be
assembled: who 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.
Is 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Is 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
Is 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no
strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am
God.
Is 43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out
of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Is 43:14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your
sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the
Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Is 43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Is 43:16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters;
Is 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power;
they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are
quenched as tow.
Is 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Is 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not
know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Is 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls:
because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink
to my people, my chosen.
Is 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Is 43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of
me, O Israel.
Is 43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;
neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to
serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Is 43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet 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 wearied me with thine iniquities.
Is 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own
sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Is 43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified.
Is 43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed
against me.
Is 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given
Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.