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id="topheading"><a 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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob,</div><div class="po2">And He that formed thee, O Israel:</div><div class="po2">Fear not, for I have redeemed thee,</div><div class="po2">I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee,</div><div class="po2">And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee;</div><div class="po2">When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned,</div><div class="po2">Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I am the LORD thy God,</div><div class="po2">The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour;</div><div class="po2">I have given Egypt as thy ransom,</div><div class="po2">Ethiopia and Seba for thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Since thou art precious in My sight, and honourable,</div><div class="po2">And I have loved thee;</div><div class="po2">Therefore will I give men for thee,</div><div class="po2">And peoples for thy life.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Fear not, for I am with thee;</div><div class="po2">I will bring thy seed from the east,</div><div class="po2">And gather thee from the west;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will say to the north: ‘Give up’,</div><div class="po2">And to the south: ‘Keep not back,</div><div class="po2">Bring My sons from far,</div><div class="po2">And My daughters from the end of the earth;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Every one that is called by My name,</div><div class="po2">And whom I have created for My glory,</div><div class="po2">I have formed him, yea, I have made him.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The blind people that have eyes shall be brought forth,</div><div class="po2">And the deaf that have ears.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All the nations are gathered together,</div><div class="po2">And the peoples are assembled;</div><div class="po2">Who among them can declare this,</div><div class="po2">And announce to us former things?</div><div class="po2">Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified;</div><div class="po2">And let them hear, and say: ‘It is truth.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And My servant whom I have chosen;</div><div class="po2">That ye may know and believe Me, and understand That I am He;</div><div class="po2">Before Me there was no God formed,</div><div class="po2">Neither shall any be after Me.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I, even I, am the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And beside Me there is no saviour.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have declared, and I have saved,</div><div class="po2">And I have announced,</div><div class="po2">And there was no strange god among you;</div><div class="po2">Therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and I am God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yea, since the day was I am He,</div><div class="po2">And there is none that can deliver out of My hand;</div><div class="po2">I will work, and who can reverse it?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer,</div><div class="po2">The Holy One of Israel:</div><div class="po2">For your sake I have sent to Babylon,</div><div class="po2">And I will bring down all of them as fugitives,</div><div class="po2">Even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I am the LORD, your Holy One,</div><div class="po2">The Creator of Israel, your King.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea,</div><div class="po2">And a path in the mighty waters;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse,</div><div class="po2">The army and the power—</div><div class="po2">They lie down together, they shall not rise,</div><div class="po2">They are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Remember ye not the former things,</div><div class="po2">Neither consider the things of old.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Behold, I will do a new thing;</div><div class="po2">Now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it?</div><div class="po2">I will even make a way in the wilderness,</div><div class="po2">And rivers in the desert.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The beasts of the field shall honour Me,</div><div class="po2">The jackals and the ostriches;</div><div class="po2">Because I give waters in the wilderness,</div><div class="po2">And rivers in the desert,</div><div class="po2">To give drink to My people, Mine elect;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The people which I formed for Myself,</div><div class="po2">That they might tell of My praise.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yet thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob,</div><div class="po2">Neither hast thou wearied thyself about Me, O Israel.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings;</div><div class="po2">Neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices.</div><div class="po2">I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering,</div><div class="po2">Nor wearied thee with frankincense.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money,</div><div class="po2">Neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; But thou hast burdened Me with thy sins,</div><div class="po2">Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake;</div><div class="po2">And thy sins I will not remember.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together;</div><div class="po2">Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Thy first father sinned,</div><div class="po2">And thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,</div><div class="po2">And I have given Jacob to condemnation,</div><div class="po2">And Israel to reviling.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" 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