Isaiah 43:22-44:5

New International Version

²²“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied^(A) yourselves for^[a] me, Israel.^(B)
²³You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,^(C)
    nor honored^(D) me with your sacrifices.^(E)
I have not burdened^(F) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands^(G) for incense.^(H)
²⁴You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(I) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(J) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(K) me with your offenses.^(L)

²⁵“I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(M) for my own sake,^(N)
    and remembers your sins^(O) no more.^(P)
²⁶Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;^(Q)
    state the case^(R) for your innocence.
²⁷Your first father^(S) sinned;
    those I sent to teach^(T) you rebelled^(U) against me.
²⁸So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction^[b]^(V)
    and Israel to scorn.^(W)

Israel the Chosen

44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,^(X)
    Israel, whom I have chosen.^(Y)
²This is what the Lord says—
    he who made^(Z) you, who formed you in the womb,^(AA)
    and who will help^(AB) you:
Do not be afraid,^(AC) Jacob, my servant,^(AD)
    Jeshurun,^[c]^(AE) whom I have chosen.
³For I will pour water^(AF) on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;^(AG)
I will pour out my Spirit^(AH) on your offspring,
    and my blessing^(AI) on your descendants.^(AJ)
⁴They will spring up like grass^(AK) in a meadow,
    like poplar trees^(AL) by flowing streams.^(AM)
⁵Some will say, ‘I belong^(AN) to the Lord’;
    others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,^(AO) ‘The Lord’s,’^(AP)
    and will take the name Israel.

Footnotes

Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.