Isaiah 43 - New International Version (NIV)

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

  1. Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans
  3. Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
  4. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 43:1 : S Isa 27:11
  2. Isaiah 43:1 : S ver 7; S Ge 2:7
  3. Isaiah 43:1 : Ge 32:28; Isa 44:21
  4. Isaiah 43:1 : S Ex 6:6; S Job 19:25
  5. Isaiah 43:1 : S Isa 42:6; 45:3-4; 49:1
  6. Isaiah 43:1 : S Dt 7:6; Mal 3:17
  7. Isaiah 43:2 : S Isa 8:7
  8. Isaiah 43:2 : S Ge 26:3; S Ex 14:22
  9. Isaiah 43:2 : Isa 29:6; 30:27
  10. Isaiah 43:2 : Ps 66:12; Da 3:25-27
  11. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ex 20:2
  12. Isaiah 43:3 : S Isa 41:20
  13. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ex 14:30; S Jdg 2:18; S Ps 3:8; S Isa 25:9
  14. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ps 68:31; Isa 19:1; Eze 29:20
  15. Isaiah 43:3 : S Isa 20:3
  16. Isaiah 43:3 : S Ge 10:7
  17. Isaiah 43:3 : S Pr 21:18
  18. Isaiah 43:4 : Ex 19:5; Isa 49:5
  19. Isaiah 43:4 : Isa 63:9; Rev 3:9
  20. Isaiah 43:5 : S Ge 15:1; Isa 44:2
  21. Isaiah 43:5 : S Ge 21:22; S Ex 14:22; Jer 30:10-11
  22. Isaiah 43:5 : Isa 41:8; 54:3; 61:9; 66:22
  23. Isaiah 43:5 : S Isa 11:12; S 49:18
  24. Isaiah 43:5 : S Isa 24:14; Zec 8:7; S Mt 8:11
  25. Isaiah 43:6 : Ps 107:3
  26. Isaiah 43:6 : Isa 60:4; Eze 16:61; 2Co 6:18
  27. Isaiah 43:6 : S Dt 30:4; S Isa 11:12; Jer 23:8; Eze 36:24
  28. Isaiah 43:7 : Isa 48:1; 56:5; 62:2; 63:19; 65:1; Jer 15:16; Jas 2:7
  29. Isaiah 43:7 : S Isa 27:11
  30. Isaiah 43:7 : S Ps 86:9
  31. Isaiah 43:7 : ver 1, 21; Ps 100:3; S Isa 19:25
  32. Isaiah 43:8 : S Isa 6:9-10
  33. Isaiah 43:8 : S Isa 42:20; Eze 12:2
  34. Isaiah 43:9 : S Isa 41:1; 45:20; 48:14
  35. Isaiah 43:9 : S Isa 41:26
  36. Isaiah 43:10 : ver 12; S Jos 24:22
  37. Isaiah 43:10 : S Isa 20:3; 41:8-9
  38. Isaiah 43:10 : S Ex 6:7
  39. Isaiah 43:10 : ver 11; S Ps 86:10; Isa 19:21; 44:6, 8; 45:5-6, 14
  40. Isaiah 43:10 : S Dt 4:35; S 32:39; Jer 14:22
  41. Isaiah 43:11 : S Ex 6:2; S Isa 42:8
  42. Isaiah 43:11 : S ver 10; S Ps 3:8; S 18:31; S Isa 25:9; 64:4
  43. Isaiah 43:12 : S Dt 32:12
  44. Isaiah 43:12 : S ver 10
  45. Isaiah 43:13 : Ps 90:2
  46. Isaiah 43:13 : S Dt 32:39; Isa 46:4; 48:12
  47. Isaiah 43:13 : S Nu 23:8; S Job 9:12
  48. Isaiah 43:14 : S Ex 15:13; S Job 19:25
  49. Isaiah 43:14 : S Isa 1:4; S 41:20
  50. Isaiah 43:14 : Isa 13:14-15
  51. Isaiah 43:14 : S Isa 23:13
  52. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 42:8
  53. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 27:11; 45:11
  54. Isaiah 43:15 : S Isa 41:21
  55. Isaiah 43:16 : S Ex 14:29; S 15:8; S Isa 11:15
  56. Isaiah 43:17 : Ps 118:12; Isa 1:31
  57. Isaiah 43:17 : S Ex 14:22
  58. Isaiah 43:17 : S Ex 14:9
  59. Isaiah 43:17 : Ps 76:5-6
  60. Isaiah 43:17 : S Job 13:25; Jer 51:21; Eze 38:4
  61. Isaiah 43:18 : S Isa 41:22
  62. Isaiah 43:19 : S Isa 41:22; Jer 16:14-15; 23:7-8; 2Co 5:17; Rev 21:5
  63. Isaiah 43:19 : S Isa 40:3
  64. Isaiah 43:19 : S Ps 126:4; S Isa 33:21; S 35:7
  65. Isaiah 43:20 : S Ps 148:10
  66. Isaiah 43:20 : S Isa 13:22
  67. Isaiah 43:20 : S Nu 20:8
  68. Isaiah 43:21 : S ver 7; S Ge 2:7
  69. Isaiah 43:21 : Mal 3:17
  70. Isaiah 43:21 : S Ps 66:2; 102:18; 1Pe 2:9
  71. Isaiah 43:22 : S Jos 22:5; S Isa 1:14
  72. Isaiah 43:22 : Isa 30:11
  73. Isaiah 43:23 : S Ex 29:41
  74. Isaiah 43:23 : Zec 7:5-6; Mal 1:6-8
  75. Isaiah 43:23 : Am 5:25
  76. Isaiah 43:23 : Mic 6:3; Mal 1:12-13
  77. Isaiah 43:23 : Jer 7:22
  78. Isaiah 43:23 : Ex 30:35; S Lev 2:1
  79. Isaiah 43:24 : S Ex 30:23
  80. Isaiah 43:24 : Lev 3:9
  81. Isaiah 43:24 : S Isa 1:14; S 7:13; S Jer 8:21
  82. Isaiah 43:24 : Jer 44:22; Mal 2:17
  83. Isaiah 43:25 : S 2Sa 12:13; S 2Ch 6:21; Mk 2:7; Lk 5:21; Ac 3:19
  84. Isaiah 43:25 : S Isa 37:35; S Eze 20:44
  85. Isaiah 43:25 : Isa 64:9; Mic 7:18
  86. Isaiah 43:25 : S Job 7:21; S Isa 38:17
  87. Isaiah 43:26 : S Isa 1:18
  88. Isaiah 43:26 : S Isa 41:1; 49:25; 50:8
  89. Isaiah 43:27 : S Ge 12:18
  90. Isaiah 43:27 : Isa 9:15; 28:7; Jer 5:31
  91. Isaiah 43:27 : S Isa 24:20; S 48:8
  92. Isaiah 43:28 : S Nu 5:27; S Dt 13:15; S Isa 42:24; S Zec 5:3
  93. Isaiah 43:28 : S Ps 39:8; Jer 24:9; Eze 5:15

You Might Also Like:

Isaiah 43 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

43 And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou [art] Mine. 2 When thou passest into waters, I [am] with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art ...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

43 And now the Lord God, making of nought thee, Jacob, and forming thee, Israel, saith these things, Do not thou dread, for I again-bought thee, and I called thee by thy name; thou art my servant. (And now the Lord God, making thee, Jacob, out of nothing, and forming thee, Israel, saith these things...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - World English Bible (WEB)

43 But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says:“Don’t be afraid, 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 will not overflow you.When you walk through the f...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - The Voice (VOICE)

43 Eternal One: Remember who created you, O Jacob? Who shaped you, O Israel? See, you have nothing to fear. I, who made you, will take you back. I have chosen you, named you as My own.2 When you face stormy seas I will be there with you with endurance and calm; you will not be engulfed in raging ri...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

Love for Israel43 But now, thus says Adonai—the One who created you, O Jacob,the One who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you,I have called you by name, you are Mine.2 When you pass through the waters,I will be with you,or through the rivers, they will not overflow you.When you wa...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Restoration and Protection Promised43 But now thus says the Lord,he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhel...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Restoration and Protection Promised43 But now thus says the Lord,he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhel...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

Restoration and Protection Promised43 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not over...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Restoration and Protection Promised43 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.(A)2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not o...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New Living Translation (NLT)

The Savior of Israel43 But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says,“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.2 When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.When you go through rivers of difficulty, you w...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New Life Version (NLV)

God Promises to Save Israel43 But now the Lord Who made you, O Jacob, and He Who made you, O Israel, says, “Do not be afraid. For I have bought you and made you free. I have called you by name. You are Mine! 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, t...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New King James Version (NKJV)

The Redeemer of Israel43 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 over...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

Israel’s only Saviour43 But now, this is what the Lord says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel:‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and when you pass through the rivers, they will n...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New International Version (NIV)

Israel’s Only Savior43 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 t...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

The Lord Saves Israel43 Family of Jacob, the Lord created you. People of Israel, he formed you.He says, “Do not be afraid. I will set you free.I will send for you by name. You belong to me.2 You will pass through deep waters. But I will be with you.You will pass through the rivers. But their waters ...
Read More

Isaiah 43 - New English Translation (NET)

The Lord Will Rescue His People43 Now, this is what the Lord says,the one who created you, O Jacob,and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect[a] you.I call you by name, you are mine.2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you;when you pass[b] through the streams, they will n...
Read More