Isaiah 43:14-28

English Standard Version

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

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

²²“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
    but ^(O)you have been weary of me, O Israel!
²³^(P)You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
    or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
    ^(Q)or wearied you with frankincense.
²⁴You 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
    ^(R)who blots out ^(S)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.
²⁶Put me in remembrance; ^(T)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
²⁷^(U)Your first father sinned,
    and ^(V)your mediators transgressed against me.
²⁸Therefore ^(W)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
    and ^(X)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.