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I’ve called you by name; you are mine. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-2.htm">2</a>When you pass through the waters, I’ll be with you; and through the rivers, they won’t sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won’t be scorched, and the flame won’t set you ablaze. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-3.htm">3</a>“I<a href="#ftn" title="43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsag MT LXX read For I">a</a> am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer.<a href="#ftn" title="43:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Savior">b</a> And<a href="#ftn" title="43:3 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks And">c</a> I’ve given Egypt as your ransom,<a href="#ftn" title="43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read as your ransom Egypt">d</a> Cush and the people of Seba<a href="#ftn" title="43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsag MT read and Seba">e</a> in exchange for you. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-4.htm">4</a>Since you’re precious in my sight and honored, and because I love you, I’m giving up people in your place, and nations in exchange for your life.” The Regathering of Israel<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-5.htm">5</a>“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you; I’ll bring your children from the east, and gather you from the west. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-6.htm">6</a>I’ll say to the north, ‘Give them up’! and to the south, ‘Don’t keep them back!’ Bring<a href="#ftn" title="43:6 1QIsaa employs masculine pl.; MT employs feminine pl.">f</a> my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth— <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-7.htm">7</a>everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom<a href="#ftn" title="43:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab reads and whom">g</a> I formed and made. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-8.htm">8</a>“Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears! <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-9.htm">9</a>Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. “Who is there among them who<a href="#ftn" title="43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack who">h</a> can declare this, or announce<a href="#ftn" title="43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads announce to us; LXX reads announce to you">i</a> the former things? Let them produce their witnesses to prove them right, and let them proclaim<a href="#ftn" title="43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads hear">j</a> so people will say, ‘It’s true.’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-10.htm">10</a>“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and trust me and understand that I am the One.<a href="#ftn" title="43:10 Or am he">k</a> Before me no God was formed, nor will there be one after me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-11.htm">11</a>I, yes I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-12.htm">12</a>I’ve revealed and saved and proclaimed, when there was no foreign god among you — and you are my witnesses,” declares the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-13.htm">13</a>“I am God; also<a href="#ftn" title="43:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads God—Yes,; cf. LXX">l</a> from ancient days<a href="#ftn" title="43:13 Or from this day on,">m</a> I am the one. And there is no one who can deliver out of my hand; when I act, who can reverse it?” <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-14.htm">14</a>This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon,<a href="#ftn" title="43:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT each spell this line differently">n</a> and bring them all down as fugitives. Now as for the Babylonians, their ringing cry will become lamentation. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-15.htm">15</a>I am the LORD, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, and your King.” Something New for Israel<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-16.htm">16</a>This is what the LORD says — who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-17.htm">17</a>who brings out chariots and horsemen, and<a href="#ftn" title="43:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and">o</a> armies and warriors at the same time. They lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a candle:<a href="#ftn" title="43:17 Lit. linen wick">p</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-18.htm">18</a>“Don’t remember<a href="#ftn" title="43:18 1QIsaa employs second person sing.; MT LXX employ second person pl.">q</a> the former things; don’t dwell on things past. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-19.htm">19</a>Watch! I’m about to carry out something new! And<a href="#ftn" title="43:19 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks And">r</a> now it’s springing up— don’t you recognize it? I’m making a way in the wilderness and paths<a href="#ftn" title="43:19 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read streams">s</a> in the desert. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-20.htm">20</a>Wild animals, jackals, and owls<a href="#ftn" title="43:20 Or ostriches">t</a> will honor me because I provide<a href="#ftn" title="43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have provided">u</a> water in the desert and streams in the wilderness to give drink to my people, my chosen ones,<a href="#ftn" title="43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my chosen people">v</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-21.htm">21</a>the people whom I formed for myself and<a href="#ftn" title="43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag lacks my chosen ones">w</a> so that they may speak<a href="#ftn" title="43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag MT LXX read recount">x</a> my praise.” God is Weary of Israel<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-22.htm">22</a> “And<a href="#ftn" title="43:22 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss lack And">y</a> yet you didn’t call upon me, Jacob; indeed, you are tired of me, Israel! <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-23.htm">23</a>You haven’t brought me your sheep for a burnt-offering,<a href="#ftn" title="43:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads for your burnt-offerings; or your burnt-offering ">z</a> nor have you honored me with<a href="#ftn" title="43:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; implicit in MT">aa</a> your sacrifices, nor have you made meal offerings for me<a href="#ftn" title="43:23 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag MT read I have not burdened you with grain offerings; LXX lacks this line ">bb</a> — yet I have not tired you about incense! <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-24.htm">24</a>You<a href="#ftn" title="43:24 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsag reads And you">cc</a> haven’t bought me sweet cane with money, nor have you satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. You have only burdened me with your sins and made me tired with your iniquities. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-25.htm">25</a>“I, I am the one who blots out your transgression<a href="#ftn" title="43:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads transgressions; cf. LXX">dd</a> for my own sake, and I’ll remember your sins no more.<a href="#ftn" title="43:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads not remember your sins">ee</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-26.htm">26</a>Recount the brief! Let’s argue the matter together; Present your case, so that you may be proved right. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-27.htm">27</a>Your first ancestor sinned, and your mediators rebelled against me. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/43-28.htm">28</a>So I’ll disgrace the leaders of the Temple, and I’ll consign Jacob to total destruction<a href="#ftn" title="43:28 The Heb. term refers to involuntary dedication to God of the thing destroyed">ff</a> and Israel to contempt.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><A name="ftn"></a>Footnotes: a 43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsag MT LXX read For I b 43:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Savior c 43:3 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks And d 43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read as your ransom Egypt e 43:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsag MT read and Seba f 43:6 1QIsaa employs masculine pl.; MT employs feminine pl. g 43:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab reads and whom h 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack who i 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads announce to us; LXX reads announce to you j 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads hear k 43:10 Or am he l 43:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads God—Yes,; cf. LXX m 43:13 Or from this day on, n 43:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT each spell this line differently o 43:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and p 43:17 Lit. linen wick q 43:18 1QIsaa employs second person sing.; MT LXX employ second person pl. r 43:19 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks And s 43:19 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read streams t 43:20 Or ostriches u 43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have provided v 43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my chosen people w 43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag lacks my chosen ones x 43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag MT LXX read recount y 43:22 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss lack And z 43:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads for your burnt-offerings; or your burnt-offering aa 43:23 So 1QIsaa LXX; implicit inMT bb 43:23 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag MT read I have not burdened you with grain offerings; LXX lacks this line cc 43:24 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsag reads And you dd 43:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads transgressions; cf. 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