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 But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
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 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
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 For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
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 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
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 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
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 I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 Bring back everyone who bears my name, those I created for my honor, those I formed and made.
7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
8 Bring back those who have eyes but are blind, those who have ears but are deaf.
8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
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 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”
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 “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
11 I, yes I am the Lord, and there is no Savior apart from me.
11 I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.
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 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says Yahweh, “and I am God.
13 I am God from the beginning. No one can snatch anybody from my hand. No one can reverse what I do.
13 Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
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 Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 This is what the Lord says, the one who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters;
16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
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 who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
18 But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.
18 “Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
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 Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
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 The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 I made this people for myself so that through their praise for me they could make me known.
21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
22 But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel.
22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, 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 You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
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 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, 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.
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 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
26 Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!
26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
27 Your very first father sinned, and your leaders rebelled against me.
27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”
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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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… Me in sacrifices, nor in [the matter of] frankincense hast thou done anything laboriously; neither hast thou bought for Me incense with money, nor have I desired the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast stood before Me in thy sins and in thine iniquities." He says, therefore, "Upon this man will I look, even upon him that is humble, …