Isaiah 43:13-28

English Standard Version

¹⁴ Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
^(B)“For your sake I send to Babylon
    and ^(C)bring them all down as fugitives,
    ^(D)even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
¹⁵ I am the Lord, your Holy One,
    the Creator of Israel, your King.”

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord,
    ^(E)who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,
¹⁷ who ^(F)brings forth chariot and horse,
    army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
    ^(G)they are extinguished, ^(H)quenched like a wick:
^18 (I)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
^19 (J)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^(K)I will make a way in the wilderness
    ^(L)and rivers in the desert.
²⁰ The wild beasts will honor me,
    ^(M)the jackals and the ostriches,
^(N)for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
²¹     the people whom I formed for myself
^(O)that they might declare my praise.

²² “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
    but ^(P)you have been weary of me, O Israel!
^23 (Q)You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
    or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
    ^(R)or wearied you with frankincense.
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 am he
    ^(S)who blots out ^(T)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.
²⁶ Put me in remembrance; ^(U)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
^27 (V)Your first father sinned,
    and ^(W)your mediators transgressed against me.
²⁸ Therefore ^(X)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
    and ^(Y)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.