Isaiah 43

But now thus saith Jehovah 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.

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.

For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour ; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead .

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, `and' honorable , and I have loved thee ; therefore will I give men in thy stead , and peoples instead of thy life.

Fear not ; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

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 end of the earth;

every one that is called by my name , and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed , yea, whom I have made.

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified ; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah , 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.

I, even I, am Jehovah ; and besides me there is no saviour.

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange ` god ' among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah , and I am God.

Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

Thus saith Jehovah , your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel : For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives , even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing .

I am Jehovah , your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Thus saith Jehovah , who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man ( they lie down together, they shall not rise ; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen ,

the people which I formed for myself , that they might set forth my praise.

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt - offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings , nor wearied thee with frankincense .

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices ; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake ; and I will not remember thy sins.

Put me in remembrance ; let us plead together: set thou forth `thy cause' , that thou mayest be justified.

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary ; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling .