43 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.
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.
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.
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.
⁵ Fear not: for I am with thee:
I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west;
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;
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.

⁸ Bring forth the blind people that have eyes,
and the deaf that have ears.
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.
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.
¹¹ I, even I, am the Lord;
and beside me there is no saviour.
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.
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?

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.
¹⁵ I am the Lord, your Holy One,
the creator of Israel, your King.
¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters;
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.

¹⁸ Remember ye not the former things,
neither consider the things of old.
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.
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.
²¹ This people have I formed for myself;
they shall shew forth my praise.

²² But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob;
but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
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.
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.
²⁵ I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.
²⁶ Put me in remembrance:
let us plead together:
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
²⁷ Thy first father hath sinned,
and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
²⁸ Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
and have given Jacob to the curse,
and Israel to reproaches.