Isaiah 43

1 and now thus to say LORD to create you Jacob and to form: formed you Israel not to fear for to redeem: redeem you to call: call to in/on/with name your to/for me you(m. s.)

Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

2 for to pass in/on/with water with you I and in/on/with river not to overflow you for to go: walk in/at/by fire not to burn and flame not to burn: burn in/on/with you

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

3 for I LORD God your holy Israel to save you to give: give ransom your Egypt Cush and Seba underneath: instead you

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

4 from whence be precious in/on/with eye my to honor: honour and I to love: lover you and to give: give man underneath: instead you and people underneath: instead soul: life your

Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

5 not to fear for with you I from east to come (in): bring seed: children your and from west to gather you

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

6 to say to/for north to give: give and to/for south not to restrain to come (in): bring son: child my from distant and daughter my from end [the] land: country/planet

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 all [the] to call: call by in/on/with name my and to/for glory my to create him to form: formed him also to make him

everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

8 to come out: send people blind and eye there and deaf and ear to/for them

Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

9 all [the] nation to gather together and to gather people who? in/on/with them to tell this and first: previous to hear: proclaim us to give: give witness their and to justify and to hear: hear and to say truth: true

All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

10 you(m. p.) witness my utterance LORD and servant/slave my which to choose because to know and be faithful to/for me and to understand for I he/she/it to/for face: before my not to form: formed god and after me not to be

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

11 I I LORD and nothing from beside me to save

I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

12 I to tell and to save and to hear: proclaim and nothing in/on/with you be a stranger and you(m. p.) witness my utterance LORD and I God

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

13 also from day: today I he/she/it and nothing from hand: power my to rescue to work and who? to return: turn back her

Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

14 thus to say LORD to redeem: redeem your holy Israel because you to send: depart Babylon [to] and to go down fleeing all their and Chaldea in/on/with fleet cry their

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

15 I LORD holy your to create Israel king your

I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

16 thus to say LORD [the] to give: make in/on/with sea way: journey and in/on/with water strong path

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

17 [the] to come out: send chariot and horse strength: soldiers and mighty together to lie down: lay down not to arise: rise to put out like/as flax to quench

who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18 not to remember first: previous and eastern: older not to understand

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

19 look! I to make: do new now to spring not to know her also to set: make in/on/with wilderness way: road in/on/with wilderness river

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

20 to honor: honour me living thing [the] land: wildlife jackal and daughter ostrich for to give: give in/on/with wilderness water river in/on/with wilderness to/for to water: drink people my chosen my

The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

21 people this to form: formed to/for me praise my to recount

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

22 and not [obj] me to call: call to Jacob for be weary/toil in/on/with me Israel

But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

23 not to come (in): bring to/for me sheep burnt offering your and sacrifice your not to honor: honour me not to serve: burden you in/on/with offering and not be weary/toil you in/on/with frankincense

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

24 not to buy to/for me in/on/with silver: money branch: stem and fat sacrifice your not to quench me surely to serve: burden me in/on/with sin your be weary/toil me in/on/with iniquity: crime your

You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied 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 he/she/it to wipe transgression your because me and sin your not to remember

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

26 to remember me to judge unitedness to recount you(m. s.) because to justify

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

27 father your [the] first to sin and to mock you to transgress in/on/with me

Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.

28 and to profane/begin: profane ruler holiness and to give: give to/for devoted thing Jacob and Israel to/for reviling

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”