Isaiah 43 — NWB
43Verse 1But 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.Verse 2When 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.Verse 3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Cush and Seba for thee.Verse 4Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.Verse 5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;Verse 6I 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;Verse 7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; verily, I have made him.Verse 8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.Verse 9Let all the nations be collected, 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.Verse 10Ye 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.Verse 11I, even I, am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.Verse 12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.Verse 13Yes, before the day was , I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?Verse 14Thus 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.Verse 15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.Verse 16Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;Verse 17Who 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.Verse 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.Verse 19Behold, 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.Verse 20The beast of the field shall honor 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.Verse 21This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.Verse 22But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.Verse 23Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.Verse 24Thou 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 thy iniquities.Verse 25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins.Verse 26Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.Verse 27Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.Verse 28Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.