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href="../isaiah/42.htm" title="Isaiah 42">◄</a> Isaiah 43 <a href="../isaiah/44.htm" title="Isaiah 44">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/43.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Savior of Israel</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you.</p><p class="line2">O Israel, the one who formed you says,</p><p class="line1">“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.</p><p class="line2">I have called you by name; you are mine.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When you go through deep waters,</p><p class="line2">I will be with you.</p><p class="line1">When you go through rivers of difficulty,</p><p class="line2">you will not drown.</p><p class="line1">When you walk through the fire of oppression,</p><p class="line2">you will not be burned up;</p><p class="line2">the flames will not consume you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I am the LORD, your God,</p><p class="line2">the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.</p><p class="line1">I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom;</p><p class="line2">I gave Ethiopia<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and Seba in your place.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Others were given in exchange for you.</p><p class="line2">I traded their lives for yours</p><p class="line1">because you are precious to me.</p><p class="line2">You are honored, and I love you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Do not be afraid, for I am with you.</p><p class="line2">I will gather you and your children from east and west.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will say to the north and south,</p><p class="line2">‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel</p><p class="line2">from the distant corners of the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Bring all who claim me as their God,</p><p class="line2">for I have made them for my glory.</p><p class="line2">It was I who created them.’”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind,</p><p class="line2">who have ears but are deaf.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Gather the nations together!</p><p class="line2">Assemble the peoples of the world!</p><p class="line1">Which of their idols has ever foretold such things?</p><p class="line2">Which can predict what will happen tomorrow?</p><p class="line1">Where are the witnesses of such predictions?</p><p class="line2">Who can verify that they spoke the truth?</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD.</p><p class="line2">“You are my servant.</p><p class="line1">You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,</p><p class="line2">and understand that I alone am God.</p><p class="line1">There is no other God—</p><p class="line2">there never has been, and there never will be.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I, yes I, am the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and there is no other Savior.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>First I predicted your rescue,</p><p class="line2">then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.</p><p class="line1">No foreign god has ever done this.</p><p class="line2">You are witnesses that I am the only God,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“From eternity to eternity I am God.</p><p class="line2">No one can snatch anyone out of my hand.</p><p class="line2">No one can undo what I have done.”</p><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Promise of Victory</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,</p><p class="line2">forcing the Babylonians<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> to flee in those ships they are so proud of.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I am the LORD, your Holy One,</p><p class="line2">Israel’s Creator and King.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters,</p><p class="line2">making a dry path through the sea.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I called forth the mighty army of Egypt</p><p class="line2">with all its chariots and horses.</p><p class="line1">I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned,</p><p class="line2">their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“But forget all that—</p><p class="line2">it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For I am about to do something new.</p><p class="line2">See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?</p><p class="line1">I will make a pathway through the wilderness.</p><p class="line2">I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The wild animals in the fields will thank me,</p><p class="line2">the jackals and owls, too,</p><p class="line2">for giving them water in the desert.</p><p class="line1">Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland</p><p class="line2">so my chosen people can be refreshed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I have made Israel for myself,</p><p class="line2">and they will someday honor me before the whole world.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help.</p><p class="line2">You have grown tired of me, O Israel!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings.</p><p class="line2">You have not honored me with sacrifices,</p><p class="line1">though I have not burdened and wearied you</p><p class="line2">with requests for grain offerings and frankincense.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You have not brought me fragrant calamus</p><p class="line2">or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices.</p><p class="line1">Instead, you have burdened me with your sins</p><p class="line2">and wearied me with your faults.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake</p><p class="line2">and will never think of them again.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Let us review the situation together,</p><p class="line2">and you can present your case to prove your innocence.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me;</p><p class="line2">all your leaders broke my laws.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>That is why I have disgraced your priests;</p><p class="line2">I have decreed complete destruction<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> for Jacob</p><p class="line2">and shame for Israel.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Cush.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Chaldeans.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:28 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the </span><span class="sc">Lord</span><span class="ft">, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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