Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 43

But now, this is what Yahweh says — the one who you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, because I have . I have called you by name — you are mine.”When you , I will be with you; when you cross rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through , you will not be burned; the flames will not consume you.Because I am Yahweh your God, , your rescuer. I gave Egypt as your , and Seba in your place.Because you are in my eyes, because you are , and I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.Don’t be afraid — I am with you. I will bring your children from the east and you from the west.I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Don’t hold them back!’ Bring from far away and from the ends of the earth —everyone who is , whom I shaped for my , whom I formed and made.Bring out the people who have eyes but are , who have ears but are .Let all the nations gather together, let the peoples assemble. Which of their gods predicted this? Which of them told us what would happen first? Let them bring their to prove their case, so people can hear and say, ‘It’s true.’“You are ,” declares Yahweh, “and whom I have chosen, so that you may know and trust me and understand that . Before me no god was formed, and after me there will be none.”I — I am Yahweh, and apart from me there is no .I am the one who , who , who — not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares Yahweh, “and I am God.”Even , I am the one. No one can . When I act, who can reverse it?This is what Yahweh says, your , the One Like No Other in Israel: “For your sake I will send an army to Babylon and bring down all the fugitives, the , in the ships they boast about.”I am Yahweh, , Israel’s , your .This is what Yahweh says — the one who , a path through the ,who drew out chariots and horses, a whole army, full of power — they lay down together and never got up, , extinguished.“Stop ; don’t keep staring at the ancient past.”Look — I am doing ! Even now it is — can’t you see it? I am carving a and rivers through the wasteland.The wild animals will honor me — the and the — because I am putting water in the wilderness, rivers in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, .The people I for myself — they will .“But you haven’t called on me, Jacob. You’ve , Israel.You haven’t brought me sheep for your or honored me with your sacrifices. I haven’t burdened you with grain offerings or exhausted you with demands for .You haven’t bought me with your money or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your and exhausted me with your .I — I am the one who your , and I will not remember your failures.Remind me — let’s . State your case, so you can be proved right.Your failed, and your rebelled against me.So I and made them ordinary, and I handed Jacob over to and Israel to .