Isaiah 43

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1. 1But now, this is what the LORD says — the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: "Don't be afraid, because I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine."
2. 2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you go through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not set you ablaze.
3. 3"For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as your ransom, and Ethiopia and Seba in your place."
4. 4Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you; therefore, I will give men for you, and people for your life.
5. 5"Don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west."
6. 6I will say to the north, 'Give up,' and to the south, 'Do not hold back.' Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7. 7everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory. I formed him; yes, I made him.
8. 8Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.
9. 9Let 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 true.'
10. 10"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me, no God was formed, nor will there be one after me."
11. 11"I — I alone — am the LORD, and there is no savior besides me."
12. 12I have declared, saved, and shown, when there was no foreign god among you. Therefore, you are my witnesses, says the LORD, that I am God.
13. 13Yes, before the day existed, I am he; and no one can deliver out of my hand. I will act, and who can hinder it?
14. 14This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I have sent to Babylon and brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15. 15"I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."
16. 16This is what the LORD says — the one who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters,
17. 17who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power. They will lie down together; they will not rise. They are extinct; they are put out like a wick.
18. 18Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
19. 19"Look! I am doing something new — it's already springing up. Can't you see it? I am making a road through the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
20. 20The wild animals will honor me, the dragons and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, giving drink to my people, my chosen ones.
21. 21"These are the people I formed for myself, and they will declare my praise."
22. 22"But you haven't called on me, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel."
23. 23You have not brought me sheep for your burnt offerings, nor have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not made you serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
24. 24You have not bought me 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.
25. 25I, even I, am the one who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
26. 26"Remind me of your case. Let's argue this out together. State your defense and prove yourself innocent."
27. 27Your first ancestor sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28. 28Therefore, I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary and have given Jacob to the curse and Israel to reproach.