Isaiah:43 Parallel Bible - WLD BAS |
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| Isaiah 43:1 | But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. | But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine. |
| Isaiah 43:2 | 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, neither shall the flame kindle on you. | When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you. |
| Isaiah 43:3 | For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. | For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you. |
| Isaiah 43:4 | Since you have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life. | Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life. |
| Isaiah 43:5 | Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west; | Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west; |
| Isaiah 43:6 | I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Don't keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; | I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; |
| Isaiah 43:7 | everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made. | Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me. |
| Isaiah 43:8 | Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. | Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut. |
| Isaiah 43:9 | Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. | Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true. |
| Isaiah 43:10 | You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. | You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me. |
| Isaiah 43:11 | I, even I, am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. | I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me. |
| Isaiah 43:12 | I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God. | I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord. |
| Isaiah 43:13 | Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? | From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed? |
| Isaiah 43:14 | Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. | The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships. |
| Isaiah 43:15 | I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. | I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King. |
| Isaiah 43:16 | Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; | This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters; |
| Isaiah 43:17 | who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): | Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out. |
| Isaiah 43:18 | Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old. | Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds. |
| Isaiah 43:19 | Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. | See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country. |
| Isaiah 43:20 | The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, | The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself: |
| Isaiah 43:21 | the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise. | Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise. |
| Isaiah 43:22 | Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel. | But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel. |
| Isaiah 43:23 | You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. | You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes. |
| Isaiah 43:24 | You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither 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. | You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings. |
| Isaiah 43:25 | I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins. | I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind. |
| Isaiah 43:26 | Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified. | Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right. |
| Isaiah 43:27 | Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me. | Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word. |
| Isaiah 43:28 | Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling. | Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame. |
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