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 says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are 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 you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

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 your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

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. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your 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 you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you;

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, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end 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. every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

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

8. Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet 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 gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, It is true.

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. "You are my witnesses," says the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

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

11. I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.

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 declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," says the LORD.

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

13. "I am God, and also henceforth I am He; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder 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 says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I will send to Babylon and break down all the bars, and the shouting of the Chalde'ans will be turned to lamentations.

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 says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, 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. who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

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

18. "Remember not the former things, nor 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 am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will 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 wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,

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

21. the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.

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

22. "Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have 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. You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

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. You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your 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, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

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

26. Put me in remembrance, let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

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

27. Your first father sinned, and your mediators 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 profaned the princes of the sanctuary, I delivered Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.