Isaiah 43
The LORD the Only Redeemer |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Since thou wast precious in my sight,
thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I
give men for thee, and people for thy life.
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Fear not; for I am with thee: I
will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the
west:
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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;
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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.
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Bring forth the blind people that have
eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
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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.
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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.
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I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
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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.
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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?
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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 Chalde'ans, whose cry is in the ships.
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I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your
King.
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Thus saith the LORD,
which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty
waters;
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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.
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Remember ye not the former things,
neither consider the things of old.
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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.
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The beast of the field shall honor 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.
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This people have I formed for myself;
they shall show forth my praise.
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But thou hast not called upon me, O
Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
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Thou hast not brought me the small cattle
of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy
sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor
wearied thee with incense.
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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.
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I, even I, am he that
blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not
remember thy sins.
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Put me in remembrance: let us plead
together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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Thy first father hath sinned, and thy
teachers have transgressed against me.
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Therefore I have profaned the princes of
the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to
reproaches.
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