AFV2020 - Isaiah - 43

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."