1 Καὶ νῦν οὕτως λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας σε Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ὁ πλάσας σε Ἰσραὴλ, μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι ἐλυτρωσάμην σε, ἐκάλεσά σε τὸ ὄνομά σου· ἐμὸς εἶ σύ. 2 Καὶ ἐὰν διαβαίνῃς διʼ ὕδατος, μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι, καὶ ποταμοὶ οὐ συνκλύσουσί σε· καὶ ἐὰν διέλθῃς διὰ πυρὸς, οὐ μὴ κατακαυθῇς, φλὸξ οὐ κατακαύσει σε. 3 Ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὁ ἅγιος Ἰσραὴλ, ὁ σώζων σε· ἐποίησα ἄλλαγμά σου Αἴγυπτον καὶ Αἰθιοπίαν, καὶ Σοήνην ὑπὲρ σοῦ. 4 Αφʼ οὗ ἔντιμος ἐγένου ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, ἐδοξάσθης, καὶ ἐγώ σε ἠγάπησα, καὶ δώσω ἀνθρώπους ὑπὲρ σοῦ, καὶ ἄρχοντας ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς σου. 5 Μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι· ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἄξω τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν συνάξω σε. 6 Ἐρῶ τῷ Βοῤῥᾷ, ἄγε, καὶ τῷ Λιβὶ, μὴ κώλυε· ἄγε τοὺς υἱούς μου ἀπὸ τῆς πόῤῥωθεν, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας μου ἀπʼ ἄκρων τῆς γῆς, 7 πάντας ὅσοι ἐπικέκληνται τῷ ὀνόματί μου· ἐν γὰρ τῇ δόξῃ μου κατεσκεύασα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔπλασα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐποίησα αὐτὸν, 8 καὶ ἐξήγαγον λαὸν τυφλὸν, καὶ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν ὡσαύτως τυφλοὶ, καὶ κωφοὶ τὰ ὦτα ἔχοντες. 9 Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη συνήχθησαν ἅμα, καὶ συναχθήσονται ἄρχοντες ἐξ αὐτῶν· τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ταῦτα; ἢ τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν; ἀγαγέτωσαν τοῦς μάρτυρας αὐτῶν καὶ δικαιωθήτωσαν, καὶ ἀκουσάτωσαν, καὶ εἰπάτωσαν ἀληθῆ. 10 Γένεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες, καὶ ἐγὼ μάρτυς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ὁ παῖς μου ὃν ἐξελεξάμην, ἵνα γνῶτε καὶ πιστεύσητε, καὶ συνῆτε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι· ἔμπροσθέν μου οὐκ ἐγένετο ἄλλος Θεὸς, καὶ μετʼ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔσται. 11 Ἐγὼ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι πάρεξ ἐμοῦ σώζων. 12 Ἐγὼ ἀνήγγειλα καὶ ἔσωσα, ὠνείδισα καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀλλότριος· ὑμεῖς ἐμοὶ μάρτυρες, καὶ ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς 13 ἔτι ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· ποιήσω, καὶ τίς ἀποστρέψει αὐτό; 14 Οὕτως λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ λυτρούμενος ὑμᾶς, ὁ ἅγιος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἕνεκεν ὑμῶν ἀποστελῶ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἐπεγερῶ φεύγοντας πάντας, καὶ Χαλδαῖοι ἐν πλοίοις δεθήσονται. 15 Ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἅγιος ὑμῶν, ὁ καταδείξας Ἰσραὴλ βασιλέα ὑμῶν. 16 Οὕτως λέγει Κύριος, ὁ διδοὺς ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὁδὸν, καὶ ἐν ὕδατι ἰσχυρῷ τρίβον, 17 ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ἅρματα καὶ ἵππον καὶ ὄχλον ἰσχυρον· ἀλλʼ ἐκοιμήθησαν, καὶ οὐκ ἀναστήσονται, ἐσβέσθησαν ὡς λῖνον ἐσβεσμένον. 18 Μὴ μνημονεύετε τὰ πρῶτα, καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα μὴ συλλογίζεσθε. 19 Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ποιῶ καινὰ, ἃ νῦν ἀνατελεῖ, καὶ γνώσεσθε αὐτά· καὶ ποιήσω ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὁδὸν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀνύδρῳ ποταμούς. 20 Εὐλογήσουσί με τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, σειρῆνες, καὶ θυγατέρες στρουθῶν, ὅτι ἔδωκα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὕδωρ, καὶ ποταμοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀνύδρῳ, ποτίσαι τὸ γένος μου τὸ ἐκλεκτὸν, 21 λαόν μου ὃν περιεποιησάμην τὰς ἀρετάς μου διηγεῖσθαι. 22 Οὐ νῦν ἐκάλεσά σε Ἰακὼβ, οὐδὲ κοπιάσαι σε ἐποίησα Ἰσραήλ. 23 Οὐκ ἤνεγκάς μοι πρόβατά σου τῆς ὁλοκαρπώσεώς σου, οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς θυσίαις σου ἐδόξασάς με· οὐκ ἐδούλωσά σε ἐν θυσίαις, οὐδὲ ἔγκοπον ἐποίησά σε ἐν λιβάνῳ, 24 οὐδὲ ἐκτήσω μοι ἀργυρίου θυσίασμα, οὐδὲ τὸ στέαρ τῶν θυσιῶν σου ἐπεθύμησα· ἀλλὰ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις σου προέστης μου, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις σου. 25 Ἐγώ εἰμι ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἐξαλείφων τὰς ἀνομίας σου ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθήσομαι. 26 Σὺ δὲ μνήσθητι, καὶ κριθῶμεν· λέγε σὺ τὰς ἀνομίας σου πρῶτος, ἵνα δικαιωθῇς. 27 Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν πρῶτοι, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ. 28 Καὶ ἐμίαναν οἱ ἄρχοντες τὰ ἅγιά μου· καὶ ἔδωκα ἀπωλέσαι Ἰακὼβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.
Isaiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Isaiah 43 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)
… Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring My sons from far, and My daughters from the ends of the earth; all, as many as have been called in My name: for in My glory I have prepared, and formed, and made him." Inasmuch as then, "wheresoever the carcase is, there shall also the eagles be gathered together," …
… 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, …