Bible, King James Version
Isaiah
Isa.43
[1] But 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.
[2] When 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.
[3] For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for
thee.
[4] Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been
honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for
thee, and people for thy life.
[5] Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed
from the east, and gather thee from the west;
[6] I 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;
[7] Even every one that is called by my name: for I have
created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made
him.
[8] Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the
deaf that have ears.
[9] Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the
people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us
former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they
may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
[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.
[11] I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
[12] I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,
when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my
witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
[13] Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none
that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let
it?
[14] Thus 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.
[15] I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel,
your King.
[16] Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters;
[17] Which 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.
[18] Remember ye not the former things, neither consider
the things of old.
[19] Behold, 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.
[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.
[21] This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew
forth my praise.
[22] But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou
hast been weary of me, O Israel.
[23] Thou hast not brought me the small cattle 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.
[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.
[25] I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions
for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
[26] Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare
thou, that thou mayest be justified.
[27] Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have
transgressed against me.
[28] Therefore I have profaned the princes of the
sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to
reproaches.
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