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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29043" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29043" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Promises of Redemption and Restoration</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29043001" class="ver">1</span>But now, thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who created you, Jacob, and formed you, Israel:</p> <p class="sl">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;</p> <p class="sl1">I have called you by name: you are mine.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043002" class="ver">2</span>When you pass through waters, I will be with you;</p> <p class="sl1">through rivers, you shall not be swept away.</p> <p class="sl">When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned,</p> <p class="sl1">nor will flames consume you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043003" class="ver">3</span>For I, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, am your God,</p> <p class="sl1">the Holy One of Israel, your savior.</p> <p class="sl">I give Egypt as ransom for you,</p> <p class="sl1">Ethiopia and Seba<a id="rfn29043003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043003-1">*</a> in exchange for you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043004" class="ver">4</span>Because you are precious in my eyes</p> <p class="sl1">and honored, and I love you,</p> <p class="sl">I give people in return for you</p> <p class="sl1">and nations in exchange for your life.<a id="ren29043004-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043004-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043005" class="ver">5</span>Fear not, for I am with you;</p> <p class="sl1">from the east I will bring back your offspring,</p> <p class="sl1">from the west I will gather you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043006" class="ver">6</span>I will say to the north: Give them up!</p> <p class="sl1">and to the south: Do not hold them!</p> <p class="sl">Bring back my sons from afar,</p> <p class="sl1">and my daughters from the ends of the earth:<a id="ren29043006-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043006-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043007" class="ver">7</span>All who are called by my name</p> <p class="sl1">I created for my glory;</p> <p class="sl1">I formed them, made them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043008" class="ver">8</span>Lead out the people, blind though they have eyes,</p> <p class="sl1">deaf though they have ears.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29043009" class="ver">9</span>Let all the nations gather together,</p> <p class="sl1">let the peoples assemble!</p> <p class="sl">Who among them could have declared this,</p> <p class="sl1">or announced to us the earlier things?<a id="rfn29043009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Let them produce witnesses to prove themselves right,</p> <p class="sl1">that one may hear and say, “It is true!”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043010" class="ver">10</span>You are my witnesses<a id="rfn29043010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043010-1">*</a>—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—</p> <p class="sl1">my servant whom I have chosen</p> <p class="sl">To know and believe in me</p> <p class="sl1">and understand that I am he.</p> <p class="sl">Before me no god was formed,</p> <p class="sl1">and after me there shall be none.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043011" class="ver">11</span>I, I am the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">there is no savior but me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043012" class="ver">12</span>It is I who declared, who saved,</p> <p class="sl1">who announced, not some strange god among you;</p> <p class="sl">You are my witnesses—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl1">I am God,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29043013" class="ver">13</span>yes, from eternity I am he;</p> <p class="sl">There is none who can deliver from my hand:</p> <p class="sl1">I act and who can cancel it?<a id="ren29043013-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043013-c">c</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29043014" class="ver">14</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your redeemer,<a id="rfn29043014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">the Holy One of Israel:</p> <p class="sl">For your sake I send to Babylon;</p> <p class="sl1">I will bring down all her defenses,</p> <p class="sl1">and the Chaldeans shall cry out in lamentation.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043015" class="ver">15</span>I am the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your Holy One,</p> <p class="sl1">the creator of Israel, your King.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043016" class="ver">16</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who opens a way in the sea,</p> <p class="sl1">a path in the mighty waters,<a id="ren29043016-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043016-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043017" class="ver">17</span>Who leads out chariots and horsemen,</p> <p class="sl1">a powerful army,</p> <p class="sl">Till they lie prostrate together, never to rise,</p> <p class="sl1">snuffed out, quenched like a wick.<a id="ren29043017-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043017-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043018" class="ver">18</span>Remember not<a id="rfn29043018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043018-1">*</a> the events of the past,</p> <p class="sl1">the things of long ago consider not;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043019" class="ver">19</span>See, I am doing something new!</p> <p class="sl1">Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?</p> <p class="sl">In the wilderness I make a way,</p> <p class="sl1">in the wasteland, rivers.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043020" class="ver">20</span>Wild beasts honor me,</p> <p class="sl1">jackals and ostriches,</p> <p class="sl">For I put water in the wilderness</p> <p class="sl1">and rivers in the wasteland</p> <p class="sl1">for my chosen people to drink,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043021" class="ver">21</span>The people whom I formed for myself,</p> <p class="sl1">that they might recount my praise.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29043022" class="ver">22</span>Yet you did not call upon me, Jacob,<a id="rfn29043022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043022-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">for you grew weary of me, Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043023" class="ver">23</span>You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings,</p> <p class="sl1">nor honor me with your sacrifices.</p> <p class="sl">I did not exact from you the service of offerings,</p> <p class="sl1">nor weary you for frankincense.<a id="ren29043023-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29043023-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043024" class="ver">24</span>You did not buy me sweet cane,<a id="rfn29043024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043024-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">nor did you fill me with the fat of your sacrifices;</p> <p class="sl">Instead, you burdened me with your sins,</p> <p class="sl1">wearied me with your crimes.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043025" class="ver">25</span>It is I, I, who wipe out,</p> <p class="sl1">for my own sake, your offenses;</p> <p class="sl1">your sins I remember no more.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043026" class="ver">26</span>Would you have me remember, have us come to trial?</p> <p class="sl1">Speak up, prove your innocence!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043027" class="ver">27</span>Your first father<a id="rfn29043027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29043027-1">*</a> sinned;</p> <p class="sl1">your spokesmen rebelled against me</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29043028" class="ver">28</span>Till I repudiated the holy princes,</p> <p class="sl1">put Jacob under the ban,</p> <p class="sl1">exposed Israel to scorn.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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