Isaiah 43:8-13

Israel Is God's Witness

8 Bring out the people who are 1blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears.
9 All the nations have 2gathered together So that the peoples may be assembled. Who among them can 3declare this And proclaim to us the former things? Let them present 4their witnesses 5that they may be justified, Or let them hear and say, "It is true."
10 "You are 6My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And 7My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that 8I am He. 9Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.
11 "I, even I, am the LORD, And there is no 10savior 11besides * Me.
12 "It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no 12strange god among you; So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And I am God.
13 "Even 13from eternity 14I am He, And there is 15none who can deliver out of My hand; 16I act and who can reverse it?"

Cross References 16

  • 1. Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 42:19; Ezekiel 12:2
  • 2. Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 41:1
  • 3. Is 41:22, 23, 26
  • 4. Isaiah 44:9
  • 5. Isaiah 43:26
  • 6. Isaiah 44:8
  • 7. Isaiah 41:8
  • 8. Isaiah 41:4
  • 9. Isaiah 45:5, 6
  • 10. Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:21; Hosea 13:4
  • 11. Isaiah 44:6, 8
  • 12. Deuteronomy 32:16; Psalms 81:9
  • 13. Psalms 90:2; Isaiah 48:16
  • 14. Isaiah 41:4
  • 15. Psalms 50:22
  • 16. Job 9:12; Isaiah 14:27

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. So with Gr; Heb "from the day"
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