Isaiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Isaiah 43 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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.
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 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.
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 Ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὁ ἅγιος Ἰσραὴλ, ὁ σώζων σε· ἐποίησα ἄλλαγμά σου Αἴγυπτον καὶ Αἰθιοπίαν, καὶ Σοήνην ὑπὲρ σοῦ.
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 Αφʼ οὗ ἔντιμος ἐγένου ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, ἐδοξάσθης, καὶ ἐγώ σε ἠγάπησα, καὶ δώσω ἀνθρώπους ὑπὲρ σοῦ, καὶ ἄρχοντας ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς σου.
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 Μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι· ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἄξω τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν συνάξω σε.
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 Ἐρῶ τῷ Βοῤῥᾷ, ἄγε, καὶ τῷ Λιβὶ, μὴ κώλυε· ἄγε τοὺς υἱούς μου ἀπὸ τῆς πόῤῥωθεν, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας μου ἀπʼ ἄκρων τῆς γῆς,
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 πάντας ὅσοι ἐπικέκληνται τῷ ὀνόματί μου· ἐν γὰρ τῇ δόξῃ μου κατεσκεύασα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔπλασα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐποίησα αὐτὸν,
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 καὶ ἐξήγαγον λαὸν τυφλὸν, καὶ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν ὡσαύτως τυφλοὶ, καὶ κωφοὶ τὰ ὦτα ἔχοντες.
8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
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.
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 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.
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 Ἐγὼ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι πάρεξ ἐμοῦ σώζων.
11 I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.
12 Ἐγὼ ἀνήγγειλα καὶ ἔσωσα, ὠνείδισα καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀλλότριος· ὑμεῖς ἐμοὶ μάρτυρες, καὶ ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς
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 ἔτι ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· ποιήσω, καὶ τίς ἀποστρέψει αὐτό;
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 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.
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 Ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἅγιος ὑμῶν, ὁ καταδείξας Ἰσραὴλ βασιλέα ὑμῶν.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Οὕτως λέγει Κύριος, ὁ διδοὺς ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὁδὸν, καὶ ἐν ὕδατι ἰσχυρῷ τρίβον,
16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
17 ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ἅρματα καὶ ἵππον καὶ ὄχλον ἰσχυρον· ἀλλʼ ἐκοιμήθησαν, καὶ οὐκ ἀναστήσονται, ἐσβέσθησαν ὡς λῖνον ἐσβεσμένον.
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 Μὴ μνημονεύετε τὰ πρῶτα, καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα μὴ συλλογίζεσθε.
18 “Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
19 Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ποιῶ καινὰ, ἃ νῦν ἀνατελεῖ, καὶ γνώσεσθε αὐτά· καὶ ποιήσω ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὁδὸν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀνύδρῳ ποταμούς.
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 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,
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 λαόν μου ὃν περιεποιησάμην τὰς ἀρετάς μου διηγεῖσθαι.
21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
22 Οὐ νῦν ἐκάλεσά σε Ἰακὼβ, οὐδὲ κοπιάσαι σε ἐποίησα Ἰσραήλ.
22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
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,
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 οὐδὲ ἐκτήσω μοι ἀργυρίου θυσίασμα, οὐδὲ τὸ στέαρ τῶν θυσιῶν σου ἐπεθύμησα· ἀλλὰ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις σου προέστης μου, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις σου.
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 Ἐγώ εἰμι ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἐξαλείφων τὰς ἀνομίας σου ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθήσομαι.
25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
26 Σὺ δὲ μνήσθητι, καὶ κριθῶμεν· λέγε σὺ τὰς ἀνομίας σου πρῶτος, ἵνα δικαιωθῇς.
26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
27 Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν πρῶτοι, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ.
27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Καὶ ἐμίαναν οἱ ἄρχοντες τὰ ἅγιά μου· καὶ ἔδωκα ἀπωλέσαι Ἰακὼβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.
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)
… 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, …