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Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind,
    who have ears but are deaf.
Gather the nations together!
    Assemble the peoples of the world!
Which of their idols has ever foretold such things?
    Which can predict what will happen tomorrow?
Where are the witnesses of such predictions?
    Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

10 “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord.
    “You are my servant.
You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,
    and understand that I alone am God.
There is no other God—
    there never has been, and there never will be.
11 I, yes I, am the Lord,
    and there is no other Savior.
12 First I predicted your rescue,
    then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.
No foreign god has ever done this.
    You are witnesses that I am the only God,”
    says the Lord.
13 “From eternity to eternity I am God.
    No one can snatch anyone out of my hand.
    No one can undo what I have done.”

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“Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes,
    who are deaf, yet still have ears!
Let all the nations be gathered together,
    and let the peoples be assembled.

“Who is there among them who[a] can declare this,
    or announce[b] the former things?
Let them produce their witnesses to prove them right,
    and let them proclaim[c] so people will say, ‘It’s true.’

10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and trust me
    and understand that I am the One.[d]
Before me no God was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.
11 I, yes I, am the Lord,
    and apart from me there is no savior.
12 I’ve revealed and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no foreign god among you —
        and you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord.
13 “I am God; also[e] from ancient days[f] I am the one.
    And there is no one who can deliver out of my hand;
        when I act, who can reverse it?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack who
  2. Isaiah 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads announce to us; LXX reads announce to you
  3. Isaiah 43:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads hear
  4. Isaiah 43:10 Or am he
  5. Isaiah 43:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads God—Yes,; cf. LXX
  6. Isaiah 43:13 Or from this day on,