Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 43 - New King James Version (2024)

The Redeemer of Israel

43But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, ^(A)for I have redeemed you;
^(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
^2(C)When you pass through the waters, ^(D)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you ^(E)walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
³For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
^(F)I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
⁴Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have ^(G)loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
^5(H)Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And ^(I)gather you from the west;
⁶I will say to the ^(J)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
⁷Everyone who is ^(K)called by My name,
Whom ^(L)I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

^8(M)Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the ^(N)deaf who have ears.
⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
^(O)Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
¹⁰“You^(P) are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
^(Q)“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and ^(R)believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
¹¹I, even I, ^(S)am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
¹²I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no ^(T)foreign god among you;
^(U)Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
^13(V)Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will ^(W)reverse it?”

¹⁴Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your ^(X)King.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord, who ^(Y)makes a way in the sea
And a ^(Z)path through the mighty waters,
¹⁷Who ^(AA)brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
¹⁸“Do^(AB) not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
¹⁹Behold, I will do a ^(AC)new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
^(AD)I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
²⁰The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because ^(AE)I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
^21(AF)This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My ^(AG)praise.

Pleading with Unfaithful Israel

²²“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
And you ^(AH)have been weary of Me, O Israel.
^23(AI)You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
²⁴You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have ^(AJ)wearied Me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, even I, am He who ^(AK)blots out your transgressions ^(AL)for My own sake;
^(AM)And I will not remember your sins.
²⁶Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be ^[a]acquitted.
²⁷Your first father sinned,
And your ^[b]mediators have transgressed against Me.
²⁸Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
^(AN)I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.

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