43:1 But now thus says the LORD Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel; "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. |
43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on you, |
43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. |
43:4 Since you are precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. |
43:5 Fear not; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west. |
43:6 I will say to the north, 'Give up;' and to the south, 'Do not keep back;' bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth; |
43:7 Even everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him." |
43:8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. |
43:9 Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and show us the former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "It is truth." |
43:10 "You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me no God was formed, nor shall there be after Me. |
43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and besides Me there is no savior. |
43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you; therefore you are My witnesses," says the LORD, "that I am God. |
43:13 Yea, before the day was, I am He; and no one delivers out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?" |
43:14 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships. |
43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King." |
43:16 Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters; |
43:17 Who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinguished, they are snuffed out like a wick. |
43:18 "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. |
43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. |
43:20 The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. |
43:21 This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise. |
43:22 Yet you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; much less have you troubled yourself about Me, O Israel. |
43:23 You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with a grain offering, nor wearied you with incense. |
43:24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have made Me serve with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. |
43:25 I, even I, am He Who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins. |
43:26 Put Me in remembrance; let us plead together; declare yourself, that you may be justified. |
43:27 Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against Me. |
43:28 And I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches." |