Isaiah 43

Revised Geneva Translation

43 But now, thus says the LORD Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are Mine.

² “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, so that they do not overflow you. When you walk through the very fire, you shall not be burnt, nor shall the flame kindle upon you.

³ “For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia, and Seba for you.

⁴ “Because you were precious in My sight, you were honorable and I loved you, therefore I will give men for you, and people for your sake.

⁵ “Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west.

⁶ “I will say to the north, ‘Give,’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold back. Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the Earth.’

⁷ “Everyone shall be called by My Name. For I created him for My Glory, formed him and made him.

⁸ “I will bring forth the blind people and they shall have eyes, and the deaf and they shall have ears.”

⁹ “Let all the nations be gathered together. And let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this and show us former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses, so that they may be justified. But let them hear, and say, ‘It is truth.’

¹⁰ “You are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “and My servant, whom I have chosen. Therefore, you shall know and believe Me. And you shall understand that I Am. Before Me there was no God formed. Nor shall there be after Me.

¹¹ “I, even I, am the LORD. And besides Me there is no Savior.

¹² “I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you. Therefore, you are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “that I am God.

¹³ “Yea, before the day was, I Am. And there is no one who can deliver out of My Hand. I will do it, and who shall reverse it?”

¹⁴ Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I have sent to Babel, and brought it down. They are all fugitives. And the Chaldeans cry in the ships.

¹⁵ “I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

¹⁶ Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters:

¹⁷ “When He brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power lie together, and shall not rise. They are extinguished and quenched, as a wick.

¹⁸ “Do not remember the former things or regard the things of old.

¹⁹ “Behold, I do a new thing. It shall come forth now. Will you not know it? I will even make a way in the desert, rivers in the wilderness.

²⁰ “The wild beasts shall honor Me, the dragons and the ostriches, because I gave water in the desert and rivers in the wilderness, to give drink to My people, even to My Elect.

²¹ “I have formed this people for Myself. They shall show forth My praise.

²² “And you have not called upon Me, O Jacob. But you have wearied Me, O Israel.

²³ “You have not brought Me the sheep of your Burnt Offerings. Nor have you honored Me with your Sacrifices. I have not made you serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.

²⁴ “You brought Me no sweet savor with money. Nor have you made Me drunk with the fat of your Sacrifices. But you have made Me serve with your sins, wearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵ “I, even I, am He Who puts away your iniquities for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

²⁶ “Put Me in remembrance. Let us be judged together. State your case, so that you may be justified.

²⁷ “Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against Me.

²⁸ “Therefore, I have profaned the rulers of the Sanctuary, and have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a reproach.”