ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-43:5 Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed
from the east, and gather thee from the west;
ISA-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;
ISA-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.
ISA-43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the
deaf that have ears.
ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-43:11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is]
no saviour.
ISA-43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed,
when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are]
my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I [am] God.
ISA-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?
ISA-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.
ISA-43:15 I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel,
your King.
ISA-43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters;
ISA-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.
ISA-43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider
the things of old.
ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show
forth my praise.
ISA-43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou
hast been weary of me, O Israel.
ISA-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.
ISA-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.
ISA-43:25 I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy
transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
ISA-43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare
thou, that thou mayest be justified.
ISA-43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have
transgressed against me.
ISA-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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