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Isaiah 43
New International Version
Isaiah 43
New International Version
Israel’s Only Savior
43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created(A) you, Jacob,
he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)
2 When you pass through the waters,(G)
I will be with you;(H)
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(I)
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.(J)
3 For I am the Lord your God,(K)
the Holy One(L) of Israel, your Savior;(M)
I give Egypt(N) for your ransom,
Cush[a](O) and Seba(P) in your stead.(Q)
4 Since you are precious and honored(R) in my sight,
and because I love(S) you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
5 Do not be afraid,(T) for I am with you;(U)
I will bring your children(V) from the east
and gather(W) you from the west.(X)
6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
and to the south,(Y) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters(Z) from the ends of the earth(AA)—
7 everyone who is called by my name,(AB)
whom I created(AC) for my glory,(AD)
whom I formed and made.(AE)”
8 Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,(AF)
who have ears but are deaf.(AG)
9 All the nations gather together(AH)
and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold(AI) this
and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
10 “You are my witnesses,(AJ)” declares the Lord,
“and my servant(AK) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(AL) and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(AM) was formed,
nor will there be one after me.(AN)
11 I, even I, am the Lord,(AO)
and apart from me there is no savior.(AP)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
I, and not some foreign god(AQ) among you.
You are my witnesses,(AR)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13 Yes, and from ancient days(AS) I am he.(AT)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
When I act, who can reverse it?”(AU)
God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness
14 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(AV) the Holy One(AW) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
and bring down as fugitives(AX) all the Babylonians,[b](AY)
in the ships in which they took pride.
15 I am the Lord,(AZ) your Holy One,
Israel’s Creator,(BA) your King.(BB)”
16 This is what the Lord says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,(BC)
17 who drew out(BD) the chariots and horses,(BE)
the army and reinforcements together,(BF)
and they lay(BG) there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:(BH)
18 “Forget the former things;(BI)
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(BJ)
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(BK)
and streams in the wasteland.(BL)
20 The wild animals(BM) honor me,
the jackals(BN) and the owls,
because I provide water(BO) in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people I formed(BP) for myself(BQ)
that they may proclaim my praise.(BR)
22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
you have not wearied(BS) yourselves for[c] me, Israel.(BT)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,(BU)
nor honored(BV) me with your sacrifices.(BW)
I have not burdened(BX) you with grain offerings
nor wearied you with demands(BY) for incense.(BZ)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(CA) for me,
or lavished on me the fat(CB) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied(CC) me with your offenses.(CD)
25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions,(CE) for my own sake,(CF)
and remembers your sins(CG) no more.(CH)
26 Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together;(CI)
state the case(CJ) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(CK) sinned;
those I sent to teach(CL) you rebelled(CM) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
I consigned Jacob to destruction[d](CN)
and Israel to scorn.(CO)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans
- 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.
以賽亞書 43
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
以賽亞書 43
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
神應許拯救他的子民
43 雅各啊，創造你的耶和華，
以色列啊，造成你的那位，
現在如此說：
「你不要害怕，因為我救贖了你；
我曾提你的名召你，你是屬我的。
2 你從水中經過，我必與你同在，
你渡過江河，水必不漫過你；
你在火中行走，也不被燒傷，
火焰必不燒着你身。
3 因為我是耶和華—你的 神，
是以色列的聖者—你的救主；
我使埃及作你的贖價，
使古實和西巴代替你。
4 因我看你為寶貝為尊貴；
又因我愛你，
所以使人代替你，
使萬民替換你的生命。
5 你不要害怕，因我與你同在；
我必領你的後裔從東方來，
又從西方召集你。
6 我要對北方說，交出來！
對南方說，不可扣留！
要將我的兒子從遠方帶來，
將我的女兒從地極領回，
7 就是凡稱為我名下的人，
是我為自己的榮耀創造的，
是我所塑造，所做成的。」
以色列是耶和華的見證人
8 你要將有眼卻瞎、
有耳卻聾的民都帶出來！
9 任憑萬國聚集，
任憑萬民會合。
他們當中誰能說明，
並將先前的事指示我們呢？
讓他們帶來見證，顯明他們有理，
看是否聽見的人會說：「果然是真的。」
10 你們是我的見證，
是我所揀選的僕人，
為了要使你們知道，且信服我，
又明白我就是耶和華。
在我以前沒有任何被造的真神，
在我以後也必沒有。
這是耶和華說的。
11 我，惟有我是耶和華；
除我以外沒有救主。
12 我曾指示，我曾拯救，我曾說明，
並沒有外族的神明[a]在你們中間。
你們是我的見證，
我是 神。
這是耶和華說的。
13 自有日子以來，我就是 神，
誰也不能救人脫離我的手。
我要行事，誰能逆轉呢？
逃離巴比倫
14 耶和華—你們的救贖主、
以色列的聖者如此說：
「因你們的緣故，
我已派遣人到巴比倫去；
要使迦勒底人都如難民，
坐自己素來宴樂的船下來。
15 我是耶和華—你們的聖者，
是創造以色列的，是你們的君王。」
16-17 那在滄海中開道，
在大水中開路，
使戰車、馬匹、軍兵、勇士一同出來，
使他們仆倒，不再起來，
使他們滅沒，好像熄滅之燈火的耶和華如此說：
18 「你們不要追念從前的事，
也不要思想古時的事。
19 看哪，我要行一件新事，
如今就要顯明，你們豈不知道嗎？
我必在曠野開道路，
在沙漠開江河[b]。
20 野地的走獸要尊敬我，
野狗和鴕鳥也必尊敬我。
因我使曠野有水，
使沙漠有河，
好賜給我的百姓、我的選民喝。
21 這百姓是我為自己造的，
為要述說我的美德。」
以色列人的罪惡
22 「雅各啊，你並沒有求告我；
以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。
23 你並沒有將你的羊帶來獻給我做燔祭，
也沒有用牲祭尊敬我；
我未曾因素祭使你操勞，
也沒有因乳香使你厭煩。
24 你沒有用銀子為我買香菖蒲，
也沒有用祭物的油脂使我飽足；
倒使我因你的罪惡操勞，
使我因你的罪孽厭煩。
25 我，惟有我為自己的緣故塗去你的過犯，
我也不再記得你的罪惡。
26 你儘管提醒我，讓我們來辯論；
儘管陳述，自顯為義。
27 你的始祖犯罪，
你的師傅違背我；
28 因此，我要凌辱聖所的領袖[c]，
使雅各遭毀滅，
使以色列受辱罵。」
Isaiah 43
New King James Version
Isaiah 43
New King James Version
The Redeemer of Israel
43 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, (A)for I have redeemed you;
(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
2 (C)When you pass through the waters, (D)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you (E)walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
3 For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
(F)I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have (G)loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
5 (H)Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And (I)gather you from the west;
6 I will say to the (J)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 Everyone who is (K)called by My name,
Whom (L)I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
8 (M)Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the (N)deaf who have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
(O)Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
10 “You(P) are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
(Q)“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and (R)believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
11 I, even I, (S)am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
12 I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no (T)foreign god among you;
(U)Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
13 (V)Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will (W)reverse it?”
14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your (X)King.”
16 Thus says the Lord, who (Y)makes a way in the sea
And a (Z)path through the mighty waters,
17 Who (AA)brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
18 “Do(AB) not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a (AC)new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
(AD)I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because (AE)I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
21 (AF)This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My (AG)praise.
Pleading with Unfaithful Israel
22 “But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
And you (AH)have been weary of Me, O Israel.
23 (AI)You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have (AJ)wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 “I, even I, am He who (AK)blots out your transgressions (AL)for My own sake;
(AM)And I will not remember your sins.
26 Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be [a]acquitted.
27 Your first father sinned,
And your [b]mediators have transgressed against Me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
(AN)I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:26 justified
- Isaiah 43:27 interpreters
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