Isaías 43:1-13

El único Salvador de Israel

1 Pero ahora, así dice el SEÑOR,el que te creó, Jacob,el que te formó, Israel:«No temas, que yo te he redimido;te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío.

2 Cuando cruces las aguas,yo estaré contigo;cuando cruces los ríos,no te cubrirán sus aguas;cuando camines por el fuego,no te quemarás ni te abrasarán las llamas.

3 Yo soy el SEÑOR, tu Dios,el Santo de Israel, tu salvador;yo he entregado a Egipto como precio por tu rescate,a Cus y a Seba en tu lugar.

4 A cambio de ti entregaré hombres;¡a cambio de tu vida entregaré pueblos!Porque te amo y eres ante mis ojosprecioso y digno de honra.

5 No temas, porque yo estoy contigo;desde el oriente traeré a tu descendencia,desde el occidente te reuniré.

6 Al norte le diré: “¡Entrégalos!”y al sur: “¡No los retengas!Trae a mis hijos desde lejosy a mis hijas desde los confines de la tierra.

7 Trae a todo el que sea llamado por mi nombre,al que yo he creado para mi gloria,al que yo hice y formé”».

8 Saquen al pueblo ciego, aunque tiene ojos,al pueblo sordo, aunque tiene oídos.

9 Que se reúnan todas las nacionesy se congreguen los pueblos.¿Quién de entre ellos profetizó estas cosasy nos anunció lo ocurrido en el pasado?Que presenten a sus testigosy demuestren tener razón,para que otros oigan y digan:«Es verdad».

10 «Ustedes son mis testigos —afirma el SEÑOR—,son mis siervos escogidos,para que me conozcan y crean en mí,y entiendan que yo soy.Antes de mí no hubo ningún otro dios,ni habrá ninguno después de mí.

11 Yo, yo soy el SEÑOR,fuera de mí no hay ningún otro salvador.

12 Yo he anunciado, salvado y proclamado;yo entre ustedes, y no un dios extraño.Ustedes son mis testigos —afirma el SEÑOR—,y yo soy Dios.

13 Desde los tiempos antiguos, yo soy.No hay quien pueda librar de mi mano.Lo que yo hago, nadie puede desbaratarlo».

Isaías 43:1-13 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.