Isaiah 43:20-25

Good News Translation

²⁰Even the wild animals will honor me;
    jackals and ostriches will praise me
when I make rivers flow in the desert
    to give water to my chosen people.
²¹They are the people I made for myself,
    and they will sing my praises!”

Israel's Sin

²²The Lord says,

“But you were tired of me, Israel;
    you did not worship me.
²³You did not bring me your burnt offerings of sheep;
    you did not honor me with your sacrifices.
I did not burden you by demanding offerings
    or wear you out by asking for incense.
²⁴You didn't buy incense for me
    or satisfy me with the fat of your animals.
Instead you burdened me with your sins;
    you wore me out with the wrongs you have committed.
²⁵And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins,
    and I do this because of who I am.
I will not hold your sins against you.

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Isaiah 43:20-25

New American Standard Bible

²⁰The animals of the field will glorify Me,
The ^(A)jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have ^(B)given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
²¹The people whom ^(C)I formed for Myself
^(D)Will declare My praise.

The Shortcomings of Israel

²²“Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob;
But you have become ^(E)weary of Me, Israel.
²³You have ^(F)not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,
Nor have you ^(G)honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not ^(H)burdened you with ^[a]offerings,
Nor wearied you with ^(I)incense.
²⁴You have not bought Me ^[b]^(J)sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather, you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have ^(K)wearied Me with your wrongdoings.

²⁵“I, I alone, am the one who ^(L)wipes out your wrongdoings ^(M)for My own sake,
And I will ^(N)not remember your sins.

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 43:23 Or a meal offering
Isaiah 43:24 Or calamus

Isaiah 43:20-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁰The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.

²¹This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.

²²But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.

²³Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.

²⁴Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.

²⁵I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

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Isaiah 43:20-25

The Message

^16-21This is what God says,
    the God who builds a road right through the ocean,
    who carves a path through pounding waves,
The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—
    they lie down and then can’t get up;
    they’re snuffed out like so many candles:
“Forget about what’s happened;
    don’t keep going over old history.
Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.
    It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it?
There it is! I’m making a road through the desert,
    rivers in the badlands.
Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’
    —the coyotes and the buzzards—
Because I provided water in the desert,
    rivers through the sunbaked earth,
Drinking water for the people I chose,
    the people I made especially for myself,
    a people custom-made to praise me.

^22-24“But you didn’t pay a bit of attention to me, Jacob.
    You so quickly tired of me, Israel.
You wouldn’t even bring sheep for offerings in worship.
    You couldn’t be bothered with sacrifices.
It wasn’t that I asked that much from you.
    I didn’t expect expensive presents.
But you didn’t even do the minimum—
    so stingy with me, so closefisted.
Yet you haven’t been stingy with your sins.
    You’ve been plenty generous with them—and I’m fed up.