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Israel’s Only Saviour
43:1 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.
43:2 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.
43:3 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.
43:4 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.
43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed
from the east, and gather thee from the west;
43:6 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;
43:7 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.
43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the
deaf that have ears.
43:9 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.
43:10 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.
43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
43:12 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.
43:13 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?
God’s Mercy and Israel’s
Unfaithfulness
43:14 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.
43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel,
your King.
43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters;
43:17 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.
43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider
the things of old.
43:19 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.
43:20 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.
43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew
forth my praise.
43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou
hast been weary of me, O Israel.
43:23 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.
43:24 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.
43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions
for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare
thou, that thou mayest be justified.
43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have
transgressed against me.
43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the
sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to
reproaches. |
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