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Isaiah 43
New International Version

### Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created(A) you, Jacob,
he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)
2 When you pass through the waters,(G)
I will be with you;(H)
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(I)
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.(J)
3 For I am the Lord your God,(K)
the Holy One(L) of Israel, your Savior;(M)
I give Egypt(N) for your ransom,
Cush[a](O) and Seba(P) in your stead.(Q)
4 Since you are precious and honored(R) in my sight,
and because I love(S) you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
5 Do not be afraid,(T) for I am with you;(U)
I will bring your children(V) from the east
and gather(W) you from the west.(X)
6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
and to the south,(Y) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters(Z) from the ends of the earth(AA)—
7 everyone who is called by my name,(AB)
whom I created(AC) for my glory,(AD)
whom I formed and made.(AE)”

8 Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,(AF)
who have ears but are deaf.(AG)
9 All the nations gather together(AH)
and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold(AI) 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.”
10 “You are my witnesses,(AJ)” declares the Lord,
“and my servant(AK) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(AL) and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(AM) was formed,
nor will there be one after me.(AN)
11 I, even I, am the Lord,(AO)
and apart from me there is no savior.(AP)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
I, and not some foreign god(AQ) among you.
You are my witnesses,(AR)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13 Yes, and from ancient days(AS) I am he.(AT)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
When I act, who can reverse it?”(AU)

### God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(AV) the Holy One(AW) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
and bring down as fugitives(AX) all the Babylonians,[b](AY)
in the ships in which they took pride.
15 I am the Lord,(AZ) your Holy One,
Israel’s Creator,(BA) your King.(BB)”

16 This is what the Lord says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,(BC)
17 who drew out(BD) the chariots and horses,(BE)
the army and reinforcements together,(BF)
and they lay(BG) there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:(BH)
18 “Forget the former things;(BI)
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(BJ)
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(BK)
and streams in the wasteland.(BL)
20 The wild animals(BM) honor me,
the jackals(BN) and the owls,
because I provide water(BO) in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people I formed(BP) for myself(BQ)
that they may proclaim my praise.(BR)

22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
you have not wearied(BS) yourselves for[c] me, Israel.(BT)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,(BU)
nor honored(BV) me with your sacrifices.(BW)
I have not burdened(BX) you with grain offerings
nor wearied you with demands(BY) for incense.(BZ)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(CA) for me,
or lavished on me the fat(CB) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied(CC) me with your offenses.(CD)

25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions,(CE) for my own sake,(CF)
and remembers your sins(CG) no more.(CH)
26 Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together;(CI)
state the case(CJ) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(CK) sinned;
those I sent to teach(CL) you rebelled(CM) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
I consigned Jacob to destruction[d](CN)
and Israel to scorn.(CO)

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region
2. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans
3. Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
4. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 43:1 : S Isa 27:11
2. Isaiah 43:1 : S ver 7; S Ge 2:7
3. Isaiah 43:1 : Ge 32:28; Isa 44:21
4. Isaiah 43:1 : S Ex 6:6; S Job 19:25
5. Isaiah 43:1 : S Isa 42:6; 45:3-4; 49:1
6. Isaiah 43:1 : S Dt 7:6; Mal 3:17
7. Isaiah 43:2 : S Isa 8:7
8. Isaiah 43:2 : S Ge 26:3; S Ex 14:22
9. Isaiah 43:2 : Isa 29:6; 30:27
10. Isaiah 43:2 : Ps 66:12; Da 3:25-27
11. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ex 20:2
12. Isaiah 43:3 : S Isa 41:20
13. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ex 14:30; S Jdg 2:18; S Ps 3:8; S Isa 25:9
14. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ps 68:31; Isa 19:1; Eze 29:20
15. Isaiah 43:3 : S Isa 20:3
16. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ge 10:7
17. Isaiah 43:3 : S Pr 21:18
18. Isaiah 43:4 : Ex 19:5; Isa 49:5
19. Isaiah 43:4 : Isa 63:9; Rev 3:9
20. Isaiah 43:5 : S Ge 15:1; Isa 44:2
21. Isaiah 43:5 : S Ge 21:22; S Ex 14:22; Jer 30:10-11
22. Isaiah 43:5 : Isa 41:8; 54:3; 61:9; 66:22
23. Isaiah 43:5 : S Isa 11:12; S 49:18
24. Isaiah 43:5 : S Isa 24:14; Zec 8:7; S Mt 8:11
25. Isaiah 43:6 : Ps 107:3
26. Isaiah 43:6 : Isa 60:4; Eze 16:61; 2Co 6:18
27. Isaiah 43:6 : S Dt 30:4; S Isa 11:12; Jer 23:8; Eze 36:24
28. Isaiah 43:7 : Isa 48:1; 56:5; 62:2; 63:19; 65:1; Jer 15:16; Jas 2:7
29. Isaiah 43:7 : S Isa 27:11
30. Isaiah 43:7 : S Ps 86:9
31. Isaiah 43:7 : ver 1, 21; Ps 100:3; S Isa 19:25
32. Isaiah 43:8 : S Isa 6:9-10
33. Isaiah 43:8 : S Isa 42:20; Eze 12:2
34. Isaiah 43:9 : S Isa 41:1; 45:20; 48:14
35. Isaiah 43:9 : S Isa 41:26
36. Isaiah 43:10 : ver 12; S Jos 24:22
37. Isaiah 43:10 : S Isa 20:3; 41:8-9
38. Isaiah 43:10 : S Ex 6:7
39. Isaiah 43:10 : ver 11; S Ps 86:10; Isa 19:21; 44:6, 8; 45:5-6, 14
40. Isaiah 43:10 : S Dt 4:35; S 32:39; Jer 14:22
41. Isaiah 43:11 : S Ex 6:2; S Isa 42:8
42. Isaiah 43:11 : S ver 10; S Ps 3:8; S 18:31; S Isa 25:9; 64:4
43. Isaiah 43:12 : S Dt 32:12
44. Isaiah 43:12 : S ver 10
45. Isaiah 43:13 : Ps 90:2
46. Isaiah 43:13 : S Dt 32:39; Isa 46:4; 48:12
47. Isaiah 43:13 : S Nu 23:8; S Job 9:12
48. Isaiah 43:14 : S Ex 15:13; S Job 19:25
49. Isaiah 43:14 : S Isa 1:4; S 41:20
50. Isaiah 43:14 : Isa 13:14-15
51. Isaiah 43:14 : S Isa 23:13
52. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 42:8
53. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 27:11; 45:11
54. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 41:21
55. Isaiah 43:16 : S Ex 14:29; S 15:8; S Isa 11:15
56. Isaiah 43:17 : Ps 118:12; Isa 1:31
57. Isaiah 43:17 : S Ex 14:22
58. Isaiah 43:17 : S Ex 14:9
59. Isaiah 43:17 : Ps 76:5-6
60. Isaiah 43:17 : S Job 13:25; Jer 51:21; Eze 38:4
61. Isaiah 43:18 : S Isa 41:22
62. Isaiah 43:19 : S Isa 41:22; Jer 16:14-15; 23:7-8; 2Co 5:17; Rev 21:5
63. Isaiah 43:19 : S Isa 40:3
64. Isaiah 43:19 : S Ps 126:4; S Isa 33:21; S 35:7
65. Isaiah 43:20 : S Ps 148:10
66. Isaiah 43:20 : S Isa 13:22
67. Isaiah 43:20 : S Nu 20:8
68. Isaiah 43:21 : S ver 7; S Ge 2:7
69. Isaiah 43:21 : Mal 3:17
70. Isaiah 43:21 : S Ps 66:2; 102:18; 1Pe 2:9
71. Isaiah 43:22 : S Jos 22:5; S Isa 1:14
72. Isaiah 43:22 : Isa 30:11
73. Isaiah 43:23 : S Ex 29:41
74. Isaiah 43:23 : Zec 7:5-6; Mal 1:6-8
75. Isaiah 43:23 : Am 5:25
76. Isaiah 43:23 : Mic 6:3; Mal 1:12-13
77. Isaiah 43:23 : Jer 7:22
78. Isaiah 43:23 : Ex 30:35; S Lev 2:1
79. Isaiah 43:24 : S Ex 30:23
80. Isaiah 43:24 : Lev 3:9
81. Isaiah 43:24 : S Isa 1:14; S 7:13; S Jer 8:21
82. Isaiah 43:24 : Jer 44:22; Mal 2:17
83. Isaiah 43:25 : S 2Sa 12:13; S 2Ch 6:21; Mk 2:7; Lk 5:21; Ac 3:19
84. Isaiah 43:25 : S Isa 37:35; S Eze 20:44
85. Isaiah 43:25 : Isa 64:9; Mic 7:18
86. Isaiah 43:25 : S Job 7:21; S Isa 38:17
87. Isaiah 43:26 : S Isa 1:18
88. Isaiah 43:26 : S Isa 41:1; 49:25; 50:8
89. Isaiah 43:27 : S Ge 12:18
90. Isaiah 43:27 : Isa 9:15; 28:7; Jer 5:31
91. Isaiah 43:27 : S Isa 24:20; S 48:8
92. Isaiah 43:28 : S Nu 5:27; S Dt 13:15; S Isa 42:24; S Zec 5:3
93. Isaiah 43:28 : S Ps 39:8; Jer 24:9; Eze 5:15

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