Isaías 43:3-13

3 Porque eu sou o Senhor teu Deus, o Santo de Israel, o teu Salvador; por teu resgate dei o Egito, e em teu lugar a Etiópia e Seba.

4 Visto que foste precioso aos meus olhos, e és digno de honra e eu te amo, portanto darei homens por ti, e es povos pela tua vida.

5 Não temas, pois, porque eu sou contigo; trarei a tua descendência desde o Oriente, e te ajuntarei desde o Ocidente.

6 Direi ao Norte: Dá; e ao Sul: Não retenhas; trazei meus filhos de longe, e minhas filhas das extremidades da terra;

7 a todo aquele que é chamado pelo meu nome, e que criei para minha glória, e que formei e fiz.

8 Fazei sair o povo que é cego e tem olhos; e os surdos que têm ouvidos.

9 Todas as nações se congreguem, e os povos se reúnam; quem dentre eles pode anunciar isso, e mostrar-nos coisas já passadas? apresentem as suas testemunhas, para que se justifiquem; e para que se ouça, e se diga: Verdade é.

10 Vós sois as minhas testemunhas, do Senhor, e o meu servo, a quem escolhi; para que o saibais, e me creiais e entendais que eu sou o mesmo; antes de mim Deus nenhum se formou, e depois de mim nenhum haverá.

11 Eu, eu sou o Senhor, e fora de mim não há salvador.

12 Eu anunciei, e eu salvei, e eu o mostrei; e deus estranho não houve entre vós; portanto vós sois as minhas testemunhas, diz o Senhor.

13 Eu sou Deus; também de hoje em diante, eu o sou; e ninguém há que possa fazer escapar das minhas mãos; operando eu, quem impedirá?

Isaías 43:3-13 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.