Isaiah 43

1 And, thus says YHWH, the One creating you, O Jacob, and the One forming you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you, I have called [you] by your name; you [are] unto [Me].

2 When you pass through the waters, I [am] with you, and through the rivers, they will not engulf you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; and the flame will not burn you.

3 For I, YHWH, [am] your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt [for] your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

4 Since you are precious in My eyes, You have been honored, and I love you. And I appoint man in place of you, and peoples in exchange for your soul.

5 Do not fear, for I [am] with you; from the east I will bring your seed, and from the west I will gather you.

6 I will say to the north, ‘Give! And to the south, ‘Restrain!’ Do not bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 all being called by My name—and for My glory I have created him; I have formed him; yes, I have made him!’”

8 Bring forth a people blind, and who have eyes, and deaf, and ears [are] unto them!

9 All the nations will be gathered together, and the peoples will be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and former things report to us? Let them give their witnesses, that they may be justified, and hear and say, “[It is] the truth.”

10 “You⁺ [are] My witnesses,” a declaration of YHWH, “And My servant whom I have chosen, that you⁺ may know and believe in Me, and understand that I [am] He. Before Me no god was formed, and none will be after Me.

11 I—I [am] YHWH, and besides Me there is no one saving.

12 I have declared [it] and saved and proclaimed, and there is no one strange among you⁺! And you⁺ [are] My witnesses,” a declaration of YHWH, “And I [am] God.

13 Also from today, I [am] He—and there is no one snatching from My hand; I act, and who can turn it back?”

14 Thus says YHWH, your⁺ Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your⁺ sake I will send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, and the Chaldeans in the ships of their rejoicing.

15 I [am] YHWH, your⁺ Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your⁺ King.”

16 Thus says YHWH, the One giving a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 the One bringing forth the chariot and horse, the army and [its] might together; they will lie down, [and] they will not rise; they are extinguished; like a wick they are quenched.

18 “Do not remember the former [things], and the [things] before do not consider.

19 Behold, I am doing a new [thing]; now it springs forth—do you⁺ not know it? Indeed I am making a way in the wilderness, streams in the wasteland.

20 The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and daughters of the ostrich, because I give waters in the wilderness, streams in the wasteland, to give drink [to] My people, My chosen,

21 this people I have formed for Myself—they will recount My praise.

22 And not Me you have called, O Jacob, for you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

23 You have not brought to Me sheep as your burnt offerings, and with your sacrifices you have not honored Me; I have not made you serve with grain offerings, and I have not wearied you with incense.

24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with silver, and [with] the fat of your sacrifices you have not satisfied Me; but you have made Me serve with your sins [and] have wearied Me with your iniquities.

25 I—I [am] He, the One wiping out your transgressions for My own sake, and your sins I will not remember.

26 Remind Me, let us argue together; give an account [for] yourself, that you may be vindicated!

27 Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen have rebelled against me.

28 And I will defile the princes of the sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reviling.”