Isaiah 43:1-4

New International Version

Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created^(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed^(B) you, Israel:^(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed^(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;^(E) you are mine.^(F)
²When you pass through the waters,^(G)
    I will be with you;^(H)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,^(I)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.^(J)
³For I am the Lord your God,^(K)
    the Holy One^(L) of Israel, your Savior;^(M)
I give Egypt^(N) for your ransom,
    Cush^[a]^(O) and Seba^(P) in your stead.^(Q)
⁴Since you are precious and honored^(R) in my sight,
    and because I love^(S) you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
    nations in exchange for your life.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region

Isaiah 43:19-26

New International Version

¹⁹See, I am doing a new thing!^(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(C)
²⁰The wild animals^(D) honor me,
    the jackals^(E) and the owls,
because I provide water^(F) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹    the people I formed^(G) for myself^(H)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(I)

²²“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied^(J) yourselves for^[a] me, Israel.^(K)
²³You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,^(L)
    nor honored^(M) me with your sacrifices.^(N)
I have not burdened^(O) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands^(P) for incense.^(Q)
²⁴You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(R) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(S) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(T) me with your offenses.^(U)

²⁵“I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(V) for my own sake,^(W)
    and remembers your sins^(X) no more.^(Y)
²⁶Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;^(Z)
    state the case^(AA) for your innocence.