Isaiah 43 Free Bible Version
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1 But now this is what the Lord says to Jacob, the one who created you; to Israel, the one who formed you: “Don't be afraid! I have saved you! I have called you by name; you are mine!
1 Y AHORA, así dice Jehová Criador tuyo, oh Jacob, y Formador tuyo, oh Israel: No temas, porque yo te redimí; te puse nombre, mío eres tú.
2 When you walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.
2 Cuando pasares por las aguas, yo seré contigo; y por los ríos, no te anegarán. Cuando pasares por el fuego, no te quemarás, ni la llama arderá en ti.
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for your freedom; I traded Ethiopia and Seba for you.
3 Porque yo Jehová Dios tuyo, el Santo de Israel, [soy] tu Salvador: á Egipto he dado por tu rescate, á Etiopía y á Seba por ti.
4 Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.
4 Porque en mis ojos fuiste de grande estima, fuiste honorable, y yo te amé: daré pues hombres por ti, y naciones por tu alma.
5 Don't be afraid, for I am with you! I will bring you and your children from the east and the west, and gather you together.
5 No temas, porque yo soy contigo; del oriente traeré tu generación, y del occidente te recogeré.
6 I will tell the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and the south, ‘Don't stop them!’ Bring my sons back from far away and my daughters from distant lands.
6 Diré al aquilón: Da acá; y al mediodía: No detengas: trae de lejos mis hijos, y mis hijas de los términos de la tierra,
7 Bring back everyone who bears my name, those I created for my honor, those I formed and made.
7 Todos los llamados de mi nombre; para gloria mía los críe, los formé y los hice.
8 Bring back those who have eyes but are blind, those who have ears but are deaf.
8 Sacad al pueblo ciego que tiene ojos, y á los sordos que tienen oídos.
9 Have all the nations gather together! Have all the peoples assemble! Who among them could have said this, and predict what was going to happen? Have them bring their witnesses to prove that they're right. Then have them listen, and say, ‘It's true!’
9 Congréguense á una todas las gentes, y júntense todos los pueblos: ¿quién de ellos hay que nos dé nuevas de esto, y que nos haga oir las cosas primeras? Presenten sus testigos, y justifíquense; oigan, y digan: Verdad.
10 However, you are my witnesses, the Lord declares, and my chosen servant, so that you can think about it, and believe me and understand that I am God. No god preceded me, and none will come after me.
10 Vosotros sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, y mi siervo que yo escogí; para que me conozcáis y creáis, y entendáis que yo mismo soy; antes de mí no fué formado Dios, ni lo será después de mí.
11 I, yes I am the Lord, and there is no Savior apart from me.
11 Yo, yo Jehová; y fuera de mí no hay quien salve.
12 I predicted what was going to happen, then I saved you, then I announced it—there was no foreign god among you that did this. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares the Lord.
12 Yo anuncié, y salvé, é hice oir, y no hubo entre vosotros extraño. Vosotros pues sois mis testigos, dice Jehová, que yo soy Dios.
13 I am God from the beginning. No one can snatch anybody from my hand. No one can reverse what I do.
13 Aun antes que hubiera día, yo era; y no hay quien de mi mano libre: si yo hiciere, ¿quién lo estorbará?
14 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send attackers against Babylon and bring them down. All the Babylonians will be like fugitives, escaping in the ships they're so proud of.
14 Así dice Jehová, Redentor vuestro, el Santo de Israel: Por vosotros envié á Babilonia, é hice descender fugitivos todos ellos, y clamor de Caldeos en las naves.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.
15 Yo Jehová, Santo vuestro, Criador de Israel, vuestro Rey.
16 This is what the Lord says, the one who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters;
16 Así dice Jehová, el que da camino en la mar, y senda en las aguas impetuosas;
17 the one who brought out a great army with its horses and chariots and laid them down, never to rise again, snuffed out like a burning wick.
17 El que saca carro y caballo, ejército y fuerza; caen juntamente para no levantarse; quedan extinguidos, como pábilo quedan apagados.
18 But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.
18 No os acordéis de las cosas pasadas, ni traigáis á memoria las cosas antiguas.
19 Just look at something new I'm going to do now! In fact it's started already. Can't you see it? Yes, I'm making a way through the wilderness, rivers in the desert!
19 He aquí que yo hago cosa nueva: presto saldrá á luz: ¿no la sabréis? Otra vez pondré camino en el desierto, y ríos en la soledad.
20 The wild animals will be grateful to me—the jackals and the owls—because I'm providing water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, so my people, my chosen people, can drink.
20 La bestia del campo me honrará, los chacales, y los pollos del avestruz: porque daré aguas en el desierto, ríos en la soledad, para que beba mi pueblo, mi escogido.
21 I made this people for myself so that through their praise for me they could make me known.
21 Este pueblo crié para mí; mis alabanzas publicará.
22 But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel.
22 Y no me invocaste á mí, oh Jacob; antes, de mí te cansaste, oh Israel.
23 You haven't brought me sheep for burnt offerings; you haven't honored me with your sacrifices. I haven't burdened you by asking for grain offerings; I haven't tired you out by demanding incense.
23 No me trajiste á mí los animales de tus holocaustos, ni á mí me honraste con tus sacrificios: no te hice servir con presente, ni te hice fatigar con perfume.
24 You haven't used your money to buy scented calamus; you have not pleased me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead you have burdened me with your sins, and tired me out with your guilt.
24 No compraste para mí caña [aromática] por dinero, ni me saciaste con la grosura de tus sacrificios; antes me hiciste servir en tus pecados, me has fatigado con tus maldades.
25 I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.
25 Yo, yo soy el que borro tus rebeliones por amor de mí; y no me acordaré de tus pecados.
26 Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!
26 Hazme acordar, entremos en juicio juntamente; relata tú para abonarte.
27 Your very first father sinned, and your leaders rebelled against me.
27 Tu primer padre pecó, y tus enseñadores prevaricaron contra mí.
28 So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”
28 Por tanto, yo profané los príncipes del santuario, y puse por anatema á Jacob, y por oprobio á Israel.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 100:3; Isaiah 43:7; Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 54:4–5; Titus 2:14
- 2 Isaiah 41:10; Joshua 1:9; Psalm 66:12; Psalm 23:4; Daniel 3:25–27
- 3 Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 49:26; Exodus 20:2; 2 Chronicles 14:9–14
- 4 Deuteronomy 7:6–8; 1 Peter 2:9; Jeremiah 31:3; Revelation 3:9; Genesis 12:2
- 5 Deuteronomy 30:3; Luke 13:29; Isaiah 49:12; Ezekiel 39:25–29; Isaiah 60:1–11
- 6 2 Corinthians 6:17–18; Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 3:18–19; Hosea 1:10–11; Romans 9:7–8
- 7 Ephesians 2:10; Isaiah 43:21; Ephesians 1:12; 1 Peter 2:9; Romans 9:23
- 8 Isaiah 6:9; Ezekiel 12:2; Isaiah 42:18–20; Deuteronomy 29:2–4; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 9 Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 44:7–9; Isaiah 41:21–26; Isaiah 41:1; Psalm 50:1
- 10 Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 46:8–9; Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 40:21–22
- 11 Hosea 13:4; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:21–22; Revelation 7:10–12
- 12 Deuteronomy 32:12; Isaiah 44:8; Psalm 81:9–10; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 46:9–10
- 13 Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 46:10; Psalm 90:2; Hebrews 13:8; John 8:58
- 14 Isaiah 44:6; Jeremiah 51:24; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 44:24–45:5; Revelation 18:11–21
- 15 Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 48:17; Revelation 3:7; Jeremiah 51:5; Psalm 74:12
- 16 Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 77:19; Jeremiah 31:35; Psalm 106:9
- 17 Isaiah 1:31; Exodus 14:4–9; Psalm 118:12; Revelation 20:8–9; Psalm 76:5–6
- 18 Isaiah 65:17; 2 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Deuteronomy 8:2; Jeremiah 16:14–15
- 19 Isaiah 48:6; Isaiah 42:9; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Revelation 21:5; Isaiah 41:18
- 20 Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 48:21; Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 17:14; 1 Peter 2:9
- 21 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 102:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; Luke 1:74–75
- 22 Micah 6:3; Malachi 3:14; Malachi 1:13; Jeremiah 10:25; James 4:2–3
- 23 Amos 5:25; Zechariah 7:5–6; Malachi 1:6–8; Leviticus 2:1; Jeremiah 7:22
- 24 Isaiah 7:13; Jeremiah 6:20; Isaiah 1:14; Ezekiel 6:9; Isaiah 63:10
- 25 Hebrews 8:12; Micah 7:18–19; Hebrews 10:17; Jeremiah 31:34; Isaiah 1:18
- 26 Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 43:9; Romans 8:33; Psalm 141:2; Jeremiah 2:21–35
- 27 Jeremiah 5:31; Isaiah 28:7; Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 22:25–28; Lamentations 4:13–14
- 28 Jeremiah 24:9; Isaiah 65:15; Zechariah 8:13; Deuteronomy 28:15–20; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
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… is, the Father bearing witness to the Son, and the Son announcing the Father.--As also Esaias says, "I too am witness," he declares, "saith the Lord God, and the Son whom I have chosen, that ye may know, and believe, and understand that I am."
Therefore doth God appoint righteousness as a reward for such repentance, saying, "Be thou first to tell thy sins, that thou mayest be justified." For it is not, it is not indeed, a small step towards amendment, to lay together all our sins, and to be continually revolving and reckoning them up with their particulars.
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