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ISAIAH ยท Chapter 43
43:1 But now thus says the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that
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; neither shall the flame kindle upon you.
43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour:
I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
43:4 Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honourable,
and I have loved you: therefore will I 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, Keep not back:
bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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.
43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that
have ears.
43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be
assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things?
let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let
them hear, and say, It is truth.
43:10 All of you are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom
I have chosen: that all of you may know and believe me, and understand
that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be
after me.
43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there
was no strange god among you: therefore all of you are my witnesses, says
the LORD, that I am God.
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?
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 their nobles,
and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
43:16 Thus says the LORD, which makes a way in the sea, and a path
in the mighty waters;
43:17 Which brings 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.
43:18 Remember all of you not the former things, neither consider the
things of old.
43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall
all of you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers
in the desert.
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.
43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my
praise.
43:22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary
of me, O Israel.
43:23 You have not brought me the small cattle of your burnt offerings;
neither have you honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you
to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
43:24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you
filled me with the fat of your sacrifices: but you have made me to serve
with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
43:25 I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for mine
own sake, and will not remember your sins.
43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that
you may be justified.
43:27 Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed
against me.
43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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