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 show
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 showed,
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?
 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 show
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.