Isaiah 43 But now so says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ But now so says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. ² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on you. ³ For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. ⁴ Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. ⁵ Fear not; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west. ⁶ I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth; ⁷ everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. ⁸ Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. ⁹ Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true. ¹⁰ You are My witnesses, says Jehovah, and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me no God was formed, nor shall there be after Me. ¹¹ I, I am Jehovah; and there is none to save besides Me. ¹² I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says Jehovah, that I am God. ¹³ Yea, before the day was, I am He; and no one delivers out of My hand; I will work, and who will reverse it? ¹⁴ So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose shout is in the ships. ¹⁵ I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. ¹⁶ So says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters; ¹⁷ who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are put out, they are snuffed out like a wick. ¹⁸ Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. ¹⁹ Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. ²⁰ The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. ²¹ This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise. ²² But you have not called on Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel. ²³ You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense. ²⁴ You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. ²⁵ I, I am He who blots out your sins for My own sake, and will not remember your sins. ²⁶ Cause Me to remember; let us enter into judgment; declare yourself, that you may be justified. ²⁷ Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me. ²⁸ And I will defile rulers of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.