Isaiah

Isaiah 43 ©

1 God comforteth the church with gracious promises: 8 he calleth the people to witness his omnipotency: 14 he foretelleth the destruction of Babylon, 18 and his wonderful deliverance of his people: 22 he reproveth their neglect of his service.

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BUT now thus saith the LORD athat created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O bIsrael, cFear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have dcalled thee by thy name; thou art mine.

a Je. 33.24-26. v.7. Zec. 12.1. Ex. 19.5,6. De. 32.6; 4.20,39. ch. 44.1,2; 41.14,16. Ex. 33.17.
b Ro. 9.6; 11.7; 2.28,29. 1Pe. 2.9. ch. 62.12.
c ch. 41.10,13; 44.22,23; 48.17; 49.26.
d ch. 45.3,4; 48.12; 55.5. 1Co. 1.9. 2Ti. 1.9. 1Pe. 2.9.
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eWhen thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

e Ps. 66.10-12. Ac. 27.20-25. Am. 3.2; 9.8-10. Mal. 3.2,3. Je. 30.11. ch. 1.9,25,27; 6.13; 10.22; 17.6; 27.8,9. 1Co. 10.13. 2Co. 12.9. De. 33.25; 32.36. Ps. 91.3; 124.2,3. Mat. 16.18. Jn. 16.33. Da. 3.21,25,27. Zec. 13.9. 1Pe. 1.7.
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For I am the LORD thy God, fthe Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: gI gave hEgypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

f ch. 41.14; 49.26; 60.16.
g Ex. 7-14. 2Ch. 14.9-14. ch. 18-20; 37.9. Pr. 11.18; 21.18.
h Ps. 68.31.
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Since thou wast iprecious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy 1life.

i De. 7.6-8; 4.7,37. Je. 31.2. Mal. 1.2; 3.17.
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jFear not: for I am with thee: kI will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

j ch. 40.1,2; 41.10,13,14; 44.2. Je. 30.10; 46.27. v.1.
k De. 30.3,4. Ps. 106.47; 107.3. Zec. 8.7; 10.10. Ps. 72.16,17; 87.3,4. ch. 11.11,12; 66.19; 27.12,13; 49.12. Je. 29.14; 30.18; 31.8,9. Mi. 2.12. ch. 60.1-11; 55.5; 54.2,3; 49.18-23; 45.6. Ge. 49.10. Mat. 24.31; 8.11. Jn. 6.37; 10.16; 11.51. Re. 11.15.
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I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: lbring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

l ch. 18.7. Ja. 2.7.
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Even every one mthat is called by my name: for I have ncreated him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

m ch. 63.19; 65.1.
n v.1. Ps. 100.3. ch. 29.23; 60.21. Jn. 3.3,5. 2Co. 4.6; 5.17. Ep. 2.10. Tit. 3.5-7. 1Pe. 1.3,23; 2.9. Ep. 1.5,6.
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¶Bring forth othe blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

o ch. 42.19; 6.9,10. Eze. 12.2. Ps. 115.5,6,8. Je. 4.22; 5.21.
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pLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or qlet them hear, and say, It is truth.

p ch. 41.21-26; 44.7; 45.21; 48.14; 46.10.
q v.10-12,15. Pr. 23.23,26. Jude 3. Jn. 8.32.
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Ye are my rwitnesses, saith the LORD, and smy servant whom I have chosen: that tye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: ubefore me there was 2no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

r ch. 44.8. Jos. 24.22,27. Ac. 10.39; 1.8. Jn. 1.7.
s Phi. 2.7. ch. 41.8; 44.1,26; 42.1,19; 55.4. Mal. 3.2. Re. 1.5; 3.14.
t Jn. 20.31. 1Jn. 5.10. Ro. 10.10. 2Co. 4.13.
u Col. 1.17. ch. 41.4; 44.6,8; 48.12.
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I, even I, vam the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

v ch. 45.15,21,22; 60.16; 49.26; 45.17. Ps. 130.7,8. 1Ti. 4.10. De. 6.4. Ho. 13.4. Ps. 83.18; 86.10. Ac. 4.12.
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wI have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, xwhen there was no *strange god among you: ytherefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

w ch. 37.7,35,36; 46.10.
x De. 32.12,16. Ps. 16.4. ch. 42.8.
y v.10.
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Yea, zbefore the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall a3let it?

a Job 9.12. Pr. 21.30. ch. 14.27; 46.10. Da. 4.35.
z Jn. 8.58. Ps. 90.2. ch. 46.3,4. Pr. 8.23-30. Mi. 5.2. ch. 9.6. He. 7.25. Ge. 18.14. Je. 32.17. Mat. 19.26.
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¶Thus saith the LORD, byour redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; cFor your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their 4nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

b ch. 44.6,24; 48.17; 63.16.
c v.3,4. ch. 44.28; 48.1-4; 21.1-10; 13; 14. Je. 50; 51. Lu. 18.7. Re. 18.11.
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dI am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

d Ex. 20.2. ch. 42.8; 41.14,16,17. v.1,20. ch. 6.1,3,5; 33.22; 57.15. Ps. 74.12. Hab. 1.12.
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Thus saith the LORD, which emaketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

e Ex. 14.16,21,22. Jos. 3.13,16,17. ch. 51.10; 63.11-13. Ps. 74.13,15; 66.6; 78.13; 77.19; 136.13-15; 114.3,5. Ne. 9.11.
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fWhich bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as *tow.

f Ex. 14.4-9,17,23,25; 15.4. Ps. 46.9; 76.5,6. ch. 14.21,22; 1.31.
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¶Remember ye not gthe former things, neither consider the things of old.

g ch. 42.9; 41.22; 46.9. Ps. 105; 136; 78. Je. 16.14,15; 3.16; 23.7.
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Behold, I will do a hnew thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I iwill even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

h Je. 31.22. ch. 7.14; 42.9; 65.17. Je. 31.31. Eze. 36.26. Jn. 14.12. Ep. 3.9.
i ch. 35.6,8; 40.3,4; 41.18; 48.20,21; 32.15,16. Ex. 17.6.
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jThe beast of the field shall honour me, the *dragons and the 5owls: because kI give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

j Mat. 15.26. Ep. 2.12,13. ch. 11.6-10; 35.9; 42.1,10,11. Ps. 117.1,2. Tit. 3.3,5. 1Co. 6.9-11. Mar. 16.15. Ac. 13.46.
k ch. 35.6; 41.17,18; 48.21. Joel 3.18. Re. 22.1,17; 7.17. Ex. 17.6.
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lThis people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

l Lu. 1.74,75. Ps. 102.18. 1Pe. 2.9. Ep. 1.6,12; 2.7; 3.21; 4.11. ch. 60.21; 62.3; 61.3. 1Co. 6.19,20; 10.31.
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mBut thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

m Ps. 79.6. Je. 10.25. Da. 9.13. Mal. 1.13. Ga. 4.24. He. 2.15. Mi. 6.3.
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nThou hast not brought me the 6small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. oI have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

n Am. 5.25. Mal. 1.13,14; 3.8. ch. 1.11-15; 66.3. Mi. 6.6,7. Ps. 50.8. Ho. 5.6,7; 6.6. Je. 6.20; 7.21,22. Zec. 7.5,6. Pr. 15.8; 21.27.
o Mat. 11.30.
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Thou hast bought me no psweet cane with money, neither hast thou 7filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou qhast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

p Ex. 30.7,8,34,36. Le. 3.16; 4.35.
q Ro. 2.4,5. Jude 4. Am. 2.13. Eze. 16.43. Mal. 2.17. ch. 1.14.
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I, even I, am he that rblotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

r Eze. 36.22. ch. 44.22; 1.18; 48.9,11. Ps. 51.1. Col. 1.14. Mi. 7.18,19. Je. 50.20; 31.34; 33.7,8. He. 8.2; 6.7. Ec. 3.6. Ps. 102.27. Ex. 34.6,7. Ps. 25.7,11; 79.8; 86.5; 115.1,2. Ro. 3.24-26. 1Co. 1.30. 2Co. 5.21. Ac. 3.19.
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sPut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

s Job 23.4. Je. 2.29,35. Lu. 16.15; 18.11-14. ch. 41.21. Ro. 8.33.
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tThy first father hath sinned, and thy 8teachers have transgressed against me.

t Ro. 5.12-19. 1Co. 15.22. Ps. 78.8; 106.6,7. Je. 3.24,25. Eze. 16.2. 2Ki. 16.10,11,16. Ac. 7.51. Mal. 2.7,8; 3.7. Eze. 20; 13. Mat. 15.1-15.
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Therefore I have uprofaned the 9princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

u ch. 47.6. La. 2.2,6,7; 4.13,14. Je. 32.32. Eze. 5-7. Zep. 3.11,12. Am. 9.10. 2Ch. 28; 32; 36. Lu. 21.20-24. 1Th. 2.16.