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Isaiah 43 :: New International Version (NIV)

Israel’s Only Savior

Isa 43:1

Isa 43:1But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

Isa 43:2

Isa 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Isa 43:3

Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush[fn] and Seba in your stead.

Isa 43:4

Isa 43:4Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

Isa 43:5

Isa 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

Isa 43:6

Isa 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

Isa 43:7

Isa 43:7everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Isa 43:8

Isa 43:8Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

Isa 43:9

Isa 43:9All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

Isa 43:10

Isa 43:10“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.

Isa 43:11

Isa 43:11I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.

Isa 43:12

Isa 43:12I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Isa 43:13

Isa 43:13Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Isa 43:14

Isa 43:14This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,[fn] in the ships in which they took pride.

Isa 43:15

Isa 43:15I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”

Isa 43:16

Isa 43:16This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,

Isa 43:17

Isa 43:17who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

Isa 43:18

Isa 43:18“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.

Isa 43:19

Isa 43:19See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Isa 43:20

Isa 43:20The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Isa 43:21

Isa 43:21the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.

Isa 43:22

Isa 43:22“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for[fn] me, Israel.

Isa 43:23

Isa 43:23You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

Isa 43:24

Isa 43:24You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.

Isa 43:25

Isa 43:25“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Isa 43:26

Isa 43:26Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.

Isa 43:27

Isa 43:27Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.

Isa 43:28

Isa 43:28So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction[fn] and Israel to scorn.
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NIV Footnotes
That is, the upper Nile region
Or Chaldeans
Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.
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