Isaías 43:15-25

15 Yo soy el Señor
, tu Santo,
el Creador y Rey de Israel.

16 Yo soy el Señor
, que abrió un camino a través de las aguas,
e hizo una senda seca a través del mar.

17 Yo llamé al poderoso ejército de Egipto
con todos sus carros de guerra y sus caballos.
Los sumergí debajo de las olas, y se ahogaron;
su vida se apagó como mecha humeante.

18 »Pero olvida todo eso;
no es nada comparado con lo que voy a hacer.

19 Pues estoy a punto de hacer algo nuevo.
¡Mira, ya he comenzado! ¿No lo ves?
Haré un camino a través del desierto;
crearé ríos en la tierra árida y baldía.

20 Los animales salvajes de los campos me darán las gracias,
y también los chacales y los búhos,
por darles agua en el desierto.
Sí, haré ríos en la tierra árida y baldía,
para que mi pueblo escogido pueda refrescarse.

21 Yo hice a Israel para mí mismo,
y algún día me honrará delante del mundo entero.

22 »Sin embargo, querida familia de Jacob, tú te niegas a pedirme ayuda.
¡Oh Israel, te has cansado de mí!

23 No me has traído ovejas ni cabras para ofrendas quemadas.
No me has honrado con sacrificios,
aun cuando no te he agobiado ni fatigado
con exigencias de ofrendas de granos y de incienso.

24 No me has traído el cálamo aromático,
ni me has agradado con la grasa de los sacrificios.
En cambio, me has agobiado con tus pecados
y me has cansado con tus faltas.

25 »Yo, sí, yo solo, borraré tus pecados por amor a mí mismo
y nunca volveré a pensar en ellos.

Isaías 43:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 43

Is this chapter the Lord comforts his own people, under their afflictions, with many precious promises; asserts his deity against the idols of the nations; promises deliverance from Babylon, and a greater redemption than that; one branch of which is forgiveness of sin; and closes the chapter with a prediction of the destruction of the Jews by the Romans, for their iniquities. The Lord claims his interest in his people, not only on the foot of creation, but of redemption and calling, and promises them his presence in the midst of afflictions, Isa 43:1,2, puts them in mind of what he had done for them; and assures them of future layouts, as the effect of his unchangeable love to them, Isa 43:3,4 and promises the conversion of their seed and offspring in the several parts of the world, Isa 43:5-7 then challenges the Heathen nations to give such proofs of the deity of their idols as he was capable of giving of his, as his people were witnesses, taken from his eternity and immutability, as the alone Jehovah, and from his omniscience and omnipotence, Isa 43:8-13, after which the destruction of Babylon is prophesied of, and the redemption of his people out of it; which they are encouraged to believe from his being Jehovah, their Sanctifier, Creator, and King; and from what he had done formerly for them, when he brought them out of Egypt, Isa 43:14-17, and which yet was not to be mentioned or remembered, in comparison of what he would do in the world, a new thing, redemption by the Messiah, and the conversion of the Gentiles to the glory of his grace, Isa 43:18-21, the sins of omission and commission the people of God had been guilty of are mentioned, which are freely pardoned for Christ's sake, Isa 43:22-25 when the body and bulk of the Jewish nation were given up to destruction, because of their sins, Isa 43:26-28.