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Isaiah 43

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1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
1 Israel, the Lord who created you says, "Do not be afraid - I will save you. I have called you by name - you are mine.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
2 When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.
3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
3 For I am the Lord your God, the holy God of Israel, who saves you. I will give up Egypt to set you free; I will give up Ethiopia and Seba.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
4 I will give up whole nations to save your life, because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor.
5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
5 Do not be afraid - I am with you! "From the distant east and the farthest west I will bring your people home.
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
6 I will tell the north to let them go and the south not to hold them back. Let my people return from distant lands, from every part of the world.
7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
7 They are my own people, and I created them to bring me glory."
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
8 God says, "Summon my people to court. They have eyes, but they are blind; they have ears, but they are deaf!
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
9 Summon the nations to come to the trial. Which of their gods can predict the future? Which of them foretold what is happening now? Let these gods bring in their witnesses to prove that they are right, to testify to the truth of their words.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
10 "People of Israel, you are my witnesses; I chose you to be my servant, so that you would know me and believe in me and understand that I am the only God. Besides me there is no other god; there never was and never will be.
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
11 "I alone am the Lord, the only one who can save you.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
12 I predicted what would happen, and then I came to your aid. No foreign god has ever done this; you are my witnesses.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
13 I am God and always will be. No one can escape from my power; no one can change what I do."
14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
14 Israel's holy God, the Lord who saves you, says, "To save you, I will send an army against Babylon; I will break down the city gates, and the shouts of her people will turn into crying.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
15 I am the Lord, your holy God. I created you, Israel, and I am your king."
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
16 Long ago the Lord made a road through the sea, a path through the swirling waters.
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
17 He led a mighty army to destruction, an army of chariots and horses. Down they fell, never to rise, snuffed out like the flame of a lamp!
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
18 But the Lord says, "Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
19 Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already - you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
20 Even the wild animals will honor me; jackals and ostriches will praise me when I make rivers flow in the desert to give water to my chosen people.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
21 They are the people I made for myself, and they will sing my praises!"
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
22 The Lord says, "But you were tired of me, Israel; you did not worship me.
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
23 You did not bring me your burnt offerings of sheep; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you by demanding offerings or wear you out by asking for incense.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
24 You didn't buy incense for me or satisfy me with the fat of your animals. Instead you burdened me with your sins; you wore me out with the wrongs you have committed.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
25 And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
26 "Let us go to court; bring your accusation! Present your case to prove you are in the right!
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
27 Your earliest ancestor sinned; your leaders sinned against me,
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
28 and your rulers profaned my sanctuary. So I brought destruction on Israel; I let my own people be insulted."
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.