MKJV - Isaiah - 43

43:1  But now so 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 were 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 far and My daughters from the ends of the earth;

43:7  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 make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.

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, I am the LORD; and there is none to save besides Me.

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 will reverse it?

43:14  So 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, whose shout is in the ships.

43:15  I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

43:16  So 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 put out, 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  But you have not called on Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of 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 an offering, nor wearied you with incense.

43:24  You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

43:25  I, I am He who blots out your sins for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

43:26  Cause Me to remember; let us enter into judgment; declare yourself, that you may be justified.

43:27  Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me.

43:28  And I will defile rulers of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.