Chapter 43.
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.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall
the flame kindle upon thee, For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel,
thy Saviour.
I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Saba for thee, since thou wast precious in
my sight.
Thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee.
Therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Fear not, for I am with thee, I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee
from the west.
I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back.
Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth, 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.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled.
Who among them can declare this, and show us former things?
Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified.
Or let them hear and say, It is truth.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen,
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he.
Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no Saviour.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no
strange God among you.
Therefore, ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
Yea, before the day was, I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of
my hand.
I will work, and who shall let it?
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.
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power.
They shall lie down together, they shall not rise, they are extinct, they are
quenched as toe.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth.
Shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls.
Because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to
my people, my chosen.
This people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my praise.
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, but thou hast been weary of me,
O Israel.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings, neither hast thou
honoured me with thy sacrifices.
I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast brought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with
the fat of thy sacrifices.
But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine
iniquities.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance, let us plead together.
Declare thou that thou mayest be justified.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the
curse, and Israel to reproaches.