Isaiah, 43

1. And now, thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, who formed you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.

1. 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.

2. Should you pass through the waters, I shall be with you; or through rivers, they will not swallow you up. Should you walk through fire, you will not suffer, and the flame will not burn you.

2. 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.

3. For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

3. For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

4. Since I regard you as precious, since you are honoured and I love you, I therefore give people in exchange for you, and nations in return for your life.

4. 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.

5. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shall bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.

5. Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

6. To the north I shall say, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back!' Bring back my sons from far away, and my daughters from the remotest part of the earth,

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 ends of the earth;

7. everyone who bears my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made.

7. [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.

8. Bring forward the people that is blind, yet has eyes, that is deaf and yet has ears.

8. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

9. Let all the nations assemble, let the peoples gather here! Which of them has proclaimed this and revealed things to us in the past? Let them bring their witnesses to justify themselves, let others hear and say, 'It is true.'

9. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth.

10. You yourselves are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, and the servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that it is I. No god was formed before me, nor will be after me.

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 there be after me.

11. I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me.

11. I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.

12. I have revealed, have saved, and have proclaimed, not some foreigner among you. You are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, I am God,

12. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I [am] God.

13. yes, from eternity I am. No one can deliver from my hand; when I act, who can thwart me?

13. 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?

14. Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, I shall knock down all the prison bars, and the Chaldaeans' shouts of joy will change to lamentations.

14. 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.

15. I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king.

15. I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

16. Thus says Yahweh, who made a way through the sea, a path in the raging waters,

16. Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17. who led out chariot and horse together with an army of picked troops: they lay down never to rise again, they were snuffed out, put out like a wick.

17. 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 tow.

18. No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before.

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

19. Look, I am doing something new, now it emerges; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the desert and rivers in wastelands.

19. 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.

20. The wild animals will honour me, the jackals and the ostriches, for bestowing water in the desert and rivers on the wastelands for my people, my chosen one, to drink.

20. 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.

21. The people I have shaped for myself will broadcast my praises.

21. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

22. But, Jacob, you have not invoked me; no, Israel, you have grown weary of me.

22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

23. You have not brought me lambs as your burnt offerings and have not honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not subjected you to cereal offering, I have not wearied you by demanding incense.

23. 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.

24. You have not bought expensive reed for me or sated me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead by your sins you have trected me like a slave, you have wearied me with your crimes,

24. Thou hast bought 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.

25. I, I it is who blot out your acts of revolt for my own sake and shall not call your sins to mind.

25. I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

26. Remind me, and we will judge this together; state your own case and justify yourself.

26. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

27. Your first ancestor sinned, your interpreters revolted against me.

27. Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

28. That is why I deposed the chief men of my sanctuary, why I put Jacob under the curse of destruction and subjected Israel to insult.

28. Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.