Isaiah 43
43But 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.H559H3068H1254H3290H3335H3478H3372H1350H7121H80342When 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.H5674H4325H5104H7857H3212H1119H784H3554H3852H11973For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.H3068H430H6918H3478H3467H5414H4714H3724H3568H54344Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give nations in exchange for you, and peoples in exchange for your life.H3365H5869H3513H157H5414H120H3816H53155Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.H3372H935H2233H4217H6908H46286I 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—H559H6828H5414H8486H3607H935H1121H7350H1323H7097H7767everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."H3605H7121H8034H1254H3519H3335H62138Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.H3318H5787H5971H3426H5869H2795H2419All 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."H1471H6908H3162H3816H622H5046H8085H7223H5414H5707H6663H8085H559H57110"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.H5707H5002H3068H5650H977H3045H539H995H6440H410H3335H31011I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.H3068H1107H346712I 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.H5046H3467H8085H2114H5707H5002H3068H41013Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?"H3117H5337H3027H6466H772514This 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, in the ships in which they took pride.H559H3068H1350H6918H3478H7971H894H3381H1281H3778H7440H59115I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King."H3068H6918H1254H3478H442816This is what the LORD says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,H559H3068H5414H1870H3220H5410H5794H432517who 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:H3318H7393H5483H2428H5808H7901H3162H6965H1846H3518H659418"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.H2142H7223H995H693119See, 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.H6213H2319H6779H3045H7760H1870H4057H5104H345220The 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,H2416H7704H3513H8577H1323H3284H5414H4325H4057H5104H3452H8248H5971H97221the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.H2098H5971H3335H5608H841622"Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, Israel.H7121H3290H3021H347823You 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.H935H7716H5930H3513H2077H5647H4503H3021H382824You 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.H7069H7070H3701H7301H2459H2077H5647H2403H3021H577125"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.H4229H6588H2142H240326Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.H2142H8199H3162H5608H666327Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.H7223H1H2398H3887H658628So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction and Israel to scorn.H2490H8269H6944H5414H3290H2764H3478H1421
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