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O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. <a href="/esv/isaiah/43.htm">English Standard Version</a> But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! <a href="/kjv/isaiah/43.htm">King James Bible</a> But now thus saith the LORD 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/43.htm">New King James Version</a> But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But now, this is what the LORD says, He who is your Creator, Jacob, And He who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! <a href="/nasb/isaiah/43.htm">NASB 1995</a> But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, &#8220Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! <a href="/lsb/isaiah/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But now, thus says Yahweh, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! <a href="/amp/isaiah/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But now, this is what the LORD, your Creator says, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity]; I have called you by name; you are Mine! <a href="/csb/isaiah/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now this is what the LORD says — the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel — “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now this is what the LORD says— the One who created you, Jacob, and the One who formed you, Israel—&#8221 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. <a href="/asv/isaiah/43.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/43.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Descendants of Jacob, I, the LORD, created you and formed your nation. Israel, don't be afraid. I have rescued you. I have called you by name; now you belong to me. <a href="/erv/isaiah/43.htm">English Revised Version</a> But now thus saith the LORD 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/43.htm">Good News Translation</a> Israel, the LORD who created you says, "Do not be afraid--I will save you. I have called you by name--you are mine. <a href="/isv/isaiah/43.htm">International Standard Version</a> But now this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, because I've redeemed you. I've called you by name; you are mine. <a href="/msb/isaiah/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But now, this is what the LORD says?He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: ?Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! <a href="/net/isaiah/43.htm">NET Bible</a> Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But now thus says the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But now thus saith the LORD 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/43.htm">World English Bible</a> But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And now, thus said YHWH, Your Creator, O Jacob, and your Fashioner, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, "" I have called on your name—you [are] Mine. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou art Mine. <a href="/slt/isaiah/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now, thus said Jehovah creating thee, O Jacob, and forming thee, O Israel, Thou shalt not fear, for I redeemed thee; I called by thy name; thou art to me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> AND now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/43.htm">New American Bible</a> But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, Jacob, and formed you, Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> BUT now thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not; for I have saved you, I have called you by your name because you are mine. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Now, thus says LORD JEHOVAH who created Yaqob, and he formed you, Israel: You shall not fear, because I have redeemed you and I called you by your name, for you are mine<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But now thus saith the LORD 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. <a href="/sep/isaiah/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/43-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9369" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/43.htm">Israel's Only Savior</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1254.htm" title="1254: bō·ra·’ă·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 2ms) -- To create, to cut down, select, feed. A primitive root; to create; to cut down, select, feed.">He who created you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">O Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: wə·yō·ṣer·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 2ms) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">and He who formed you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">O Israel:</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">“Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: tî·rā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">fear,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: ḡə·’al·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">I have redeemed you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I have called</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: ḇə·šim·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">you by your name;</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’āt·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you are</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî- (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">Mine!</a> 2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-10</a> The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. ... <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a> Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-8</a> For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. / The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. <a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a> Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a> When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a> The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Malachi 3:17</a> “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14-15</a> I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, / just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15</a> For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-18</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” / And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-7</a> But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, / to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. / And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” ... <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a> For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love / He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5-6</a> and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, / who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen. <a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a> Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.created<a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Isaiah 43:7,15,21</a> Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him… <a href="/isaiah/44-2.htm">Isaiah 44:2,21</a> Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen… <a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a> Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.fear<a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Isaiah 43:14</a> Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.<a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Isaiah 35:9,10</a> No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: … <a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Isaiah 41:14</a> Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.I have called<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a> I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;<a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm">Isaiah 44:5</a> One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.<a href="/isaiah/45-4.htm">Isaiah 45:4</a> For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.thou art mine<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: … <a href="/deuteronomy/32-9.htm">Deuteronomy 32:9</a> For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.<a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a> Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Created</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-23.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-17.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Summoned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Created</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-15.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-15.htm">Maker</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-8.htm">Summoned</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 43</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">The Lord comforts the church with his promises.</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/43-8.htm">He appeals to the people for witness of his omnipotence</a> 14. <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">He foretells them the destruction of Babylon</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">And his wonderful deliverance of his people</a> 22. <a href="/isaiah/43-22.htm">He reproves the people as inexcusable</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The phrase "But now" suggests a transition from previous judgments or circumstances to a new declaration of hope and assurance. It highlights God's active involvement in the lives of His people, contrasting with any prior messages of warning or judgment.He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: The use of "created" and "formed" underscores God's intimate involvement in the origin and development of the nation of Israel. "Jacob" and "Israel" refer to the patriarch Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel, symbolizing the transformation and covenant relationship with God. This dual reference emphasizes both the individual and collective identity of the people. The language echoes <a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27 and 2</a>:7, where God creates and forms humanity, indicating a personal and purposeful act of creation.Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; The command "Do not fear" is a common biblical reassurance, found in passages like <a href="/joshua/1-9.htm">Joshua 1:9</a> and <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a>, offering comfort and courage. "Redeemed" refers to the act of deliverance or buying back, often used in the context of freeing someone from slavery or bondage. This redemption is both physical, as seen in the Exodus from Egypt, and spiritual, pointing to the ultimate redemption through Christ, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>.I have called you by your name; Calling by name signifies a personal relationship and intimate knowledge. In ancient Near Eastern culture, knowing someone's name implied authority and a deep connection. This phrase reflects God's personal care and attention to His people, reminiscent of <a href="/john/10-3.htm">John 10:3</a>, where Jesus, the Good Shepherd, calls His sheep by name, indicating a personal and protective relationship.you are Mine! This declaration of possession signifies a covenant relationship, where God claims Israel as His own. It reflects the covenantal language found in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a>, where God declares Israel to be His treasured possession. This phrase also foreshadows the New Testament understanding of believers being God's possession, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>, emphasizing belonging and identity in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks directly to His people, assuring them of His presence and protection. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Represents the patriarch of the Israelites, symbolizing the entire nation of Israel. Jacob's name was changed to Israel, indicating a transformation and a divine purpose. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, formed and redeemed by Him. This term encompasses the collective identity of God's people. 4. <a href="/topical/c/creation_and_formation.htm">Creation and Formation</a> Refers to God's sovereign act of bringing Israel into existence and shaping them as His people. 5. <a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a> The act of God saving His people, which in the Old Testament often refers to deliverance from physical or spiritual bondage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god.htm">Identity in God</a> Understand that our identity is rooted in being created and formed by God. Just as Israel was chosen, believers today are called by God for a purpose. <a href="/topical/f/fearlessness_through_redemption.htm">Fearlessness through Redemption</a> Embrace the freedom from fear that comes through God's redemption. Knowing that we are redeemed should empower us to live boldly for Him. <a href="/topical/p/personal_relationship.htm">Personal Relationship</a> Recognize the personal nature of God's call. He knows us by name, indicating an intimate relationship and care for each individual. <a href="/topical/o/ownership_and_belonging.htm">Ownership and Belonging</a> Reflect on the truth that we belong to God. This belonging provides security and purpose, as we are His treasured possession. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Trust in God's faithfulness to His promises. Just as He was faithful to Israel, He remains faithful to His people today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_43.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 43</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_an_nft.htm">What defines a non-fungible token (NFT)?</a> <a href="/q/why_little_evidence_for_isaiah_43_events.htm">Why is there scant historical or extrabiblical documentation for the events described in Isaiah 43? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_christ's_commission_fellowship.htm">What does 'worm of Jacob' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_jesus_as_redeemer_mean.htm">What does it mean that Jesus is our Redeemer?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/43.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XLIII.(1) But now . . .--The outpouring of love that follows is contrasted with the wrath of the preceding verse.The Lord that created thee.--The title implies something more than "the Maker of heaven and earth." Jehovah has created Israel as specially answering, as other created things did, to an archetype in His own purpose. To "call by name" is everywhere, but pre-eminently in the East, the mark of an individualising tenderness (<a href="/john/10-3.htm" title="To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.">John 10:3</a>), almost of a predestinating love that makes the name a witness of its purpose.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-7. - A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (<a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">Isaiah 42:18-25</a>) is followed, as so often in Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25-27</a>; <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Isaiah 4:2-6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1-16</a>, etc.), by comfort and consolation. Israel is assured that God has not cast him off, and promised the comfort of the Divine presence during the existing tribulation (ver. 2), and. a speedy restoration to Palestine (vers. 3-7). The scattered Israelites will be brought together from all quarters by the Divine omnipoteney. Verse 1. - But now. The words mark the strong contrast between the closing passage of the preceding chapter and the opening paragraph of the present one. Israel had undergone a severe punishment for his sins; he is still suffering, but now there is going to be an entire change. He is to be protected and delivered. Created thee... formed. thee redeemed thee... called thee by thy name. An ascending series of benefits. First, creation, like that of formless matter out of nought; then, formation, or putting of the formless matter into shape; thirdly, redemption, or making them all his own; lastly, calling them by their name, and so conferring on them a proud and enviable distinction. On this fourfold ground God claims Israel as his own. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/43-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now וְעַתָּ֞ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time this is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says— אָמַ֤ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say He who created you, בֹּרַאֲךָ֣ (bō·ra·’ă·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1254.htm">Strong's 1254: </a> To create, to cut down, select, feed O Jacob, יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and He who formed you, וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ (wə·yō·ṣer·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine O Israel: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc “Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not fear, תִּירָא֙ (tî·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I have redeemed you; גְאַלְתִּ֔יךָ (ḡə·’al·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> To redeem, act as kinsman I have called קָרָ֥אתִי (qā·rā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read you by your name; בְשִׁמְךָ֖ (ḇə·šim·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name you are Mine! אָֽתָּה׃ (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 43:1 But now thus says Yahweh who created (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 42:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 42:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 43:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 43:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>