Jubilee2000 - Isaiah - 43

43:1  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed thee, I have named thee; Thou [art] mine.

43:2  When thou dost pass through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou dost walk through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

43:3  For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Keeper; I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

43:4  Because thou wast precious in my sight, thou wast worthy of honour, and I have loved thee.

43:5  Do not fear; for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy generation from the east and gather thee from the west;

43:6  I will say to the north [wind], Give up, and to the south, Do not keep 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 them for my glory; I have formed them; [yea], I have made them.

43:8  Bring forth the people that is blind that have eyes and the deaf that have ears.

43:9  Let all the Gentiles be gathered together as one, and let the peoples be joined; 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  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.

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 ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I [am] God.

43:13  Even before the day [was] I existed; and [there is] no one that can deliver out of my hand; [if] I work, who shall hinder it?

43:14  Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon and caused fugitives to descend unto all of them and [the] clamour of Chaldeans in the ships.

43:15  I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

43:16  Thus saith the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;

43:17  [when] he brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall fall together, and never rise; they are extinct; they are quenched as wick.

43:18  Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.

43:19  Behold, I will do a new thing; it shall come to light quickly; shall ye not know it? I will again 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 I have formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.

43:22  But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

43:23  Thou hast not brought me the animals 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.

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.

43:25  I, [even] I, [am] he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

43:26  Cause me to remember; let us enter into judgment together; declare, thou, that it may be put to thy account.

43:27  Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

43:28  Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary and have set up Jacob as anathema, and Israel as a reproach.: