Isa 43 | ABEn | STEP | And now, thus says the lord God, the one making you, O Jacob, and the one shaping you, O Israel, Do not fear! for I ransomed you, I called you by your name, [ 3 mine 2 are 1 you].

Isaiah 43

CHAPTER 43 People Repopulated

1 And now, thus says the lord God, the one making you, O Jacob, and the one shaping you, O Israel, Do not fear! for I ransomed you, I called you by your name, [³mine ²are ¹you]. 2 And if you should pass over through water, [²with ³you ¹I am]; and rivers shall not engulf you. And if you go through fire, in no way should you be incinerated; a flame shall not incinerate you. 3 For I am the lord your God, the holy one of Israel, the one delivering you. I made a barter for you -- Egypt, and Ethiopia, and Seba for you. 4 From which time [²valuable ¹you were esteemed] before me, you were glorified, and I loved you. And I will give men for you, and rulers for your head. 5 Do not fear, for [²with ³you ¹I am]! From the east I will lead your seed, and from the west I will bring you together. 6 I will say to the north, Bring! and to the south, Do not restrain! Bring my sons from a land at a distance, and my daughters from uttermost parts of the earth, 7 even all, as many as have been called upon to my name. For in my glory I carefully prepared him, and I shaped him, and I made him. 8 And I brought out [²people ¹a blind], and the eyes are likewise blind; and deaf ones [²the ³ears ¹having]. 9 All the nations were brought together, and [⁴shall be brought together ¹rulers ²from ³them]. Who will announce these things? Or the things from the beginning, who will announce? Let them bring forth their witnesses, and let them be justified, and let them hear, and let them speak truth! 10 Be witnesses to me! and I witness, says the lord God, and my servant whom I chose. That you should know, and should trust, and should perceive that I am. Before me [³did not ⁴exist ¹another ²God], and after me it will not be. 11 I am God, and [³there is no ¹besides ²me] one delivering. 12 I announced it, and I delivered. I berated, and there was not among you an alien god. You are to me witnesses, and I am the lord God, 13 even from the beginning; and there is not one [²from ³my hands ¹taking]. I will do, and who shall turn it? 14 Thus says the lord God, the one ransoming you, the holy one of Israel. Because of you I will send unto Babylon, and I will rouse [²the ones fleeing ¹all], and the Chaldeans [²in ³boats ¹shall be tied]. 15 I am the lord God, your holy one, the one introducing for Israel your king. 16 For thus says the lord, the one making [²in ³the sea ¹a way], and [²in ⁴water ³strong ¹a path]; 17 the one leading chariots and horse, and [²multitude ¹a mighty]; but they were gone to sleep, and they shall not rise up; they were extinguished as a flax being extinguished. 18 Do not remember the first things, and the ancient things do not reckon together! 19 Behold, I do new things which now shall arise, and you all shall know them. And I will make [²in ³the ⁴wilderness ¹a way], and [²in ³the ⁴waterless place ¹rivers]. 20 [⁵shall bless ⁶me ¹The ²wild beasts ³of the ⁴field], sirens and daughters of ostriches; for I established [²in ³the ⁴wilderness ¹water], and rivers in the waterless place, to give to drink to [³race ¹my ²chosen], 21 my people whom I procured; the ones [²my virtues ¹to describe].

I Am He

22 Not now I called you, O Jacob, nor [²to tire ³you ¹acted], O Israel. 23 You did not bring to me of your sheep, of the one of your whole offering; nor in your sacrifices you glorified me. You were not enslaved in sacrifices, nor [³weary ¹did ²you] with frankincense. 24 Nor you acquired for me a sacrifice of silver, nor the fat of your sacrifices I desired. But in your sins you stood in front of me, and in your iniquities. 25 I am, I am he, the one wiping away your lawless deeds because of me, and your sins in no way shall I remember. 26 But you, remember! And let us plead together! You tell of your lawless deeds first! that you should be justified. 27 Your fathers first sinned, and your rulers acted lawlessly against me. 28 And [³defiled ¹the ²rulers] my holy things; and I gave Jacob up to be destroyed, and Israel for scorning.