Isaiah 43:5-28 ▼

5 Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the east, And gather thee from the west;

6 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 end of the earth;

7 Every one that is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.'

8 The blind people that have eyes shall be brought forth, And the deaf that have ears.

9 All the nations are gathered together, And the peoples are assembled; Who among them can declare this, And announce to us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; And let them hear, and say: 'It is truth.'

10 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 any be after Me.

11 I, even I, am the LORD; And beside Me there is no saviour.

12 I have declared, and I have saved, And I have announced, And there was no strange god among you; Therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and I am God.

13 Yea, since the day was I am He, And there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?

14 Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And I will bring down all of them as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea, And a path in the mighty waters;

17 Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, The army and the power-- They lie down together, they shall not rise, They are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:

18 Remember ye not the former things, Neither consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; Now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert.

20 The beasts of the field shall honour Me, The jackals and the ostriches; Because I give waters in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, Mine elect;

21 The people which I formed for Myself, That they might tell of My praise.

22 Yet thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob, Neither hast thou wearied thyself about Me, O Israel.

23 Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; Neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, Nor wearied thee with frankincense.

24 Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, Neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; But thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.

25 I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; And thy sins I will not remember.

26 Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

27 Thy first father sinned, And thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.

28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, And I have given Jacob to condemnation, And Israel to reviling.