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.)

But now this is what the Lord says to Jacob, the one who created you; to Israel, the one who formed you: “Don't be afraid! I have saved you! I have called you by 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 walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.

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 gave Egypt to pay for your freedom; I traded Ethiopia and Seba for you.

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 so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.

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

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! I will bring you and your children from the east and the west, and gather you together.

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 tell the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and the south, ‘Don't stop them!’ Bring my sons back from far away and my daughters from distant lands.

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

Bring back everyone who bears my name, those I created for my honor, those I formed and made.

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

Bring back those who have eyes but are blind, those 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

Have all the nations gather together! Have all the peoples assemble! Who among them could have said this, and predict what was going to happen? Have them bring their witnesses to prove that they're right. Then have them listen, and say, ‘It's 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

However, you are my witnesses, the Lord declares, and my chosen servant, so that you can think about it, and believe me and understand that I am God. No god preceded me, and none will come after me.

11 I I LORD and nothing from beside me to save

I, yes I am the Lord, and there is no Savior apart from 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 predicted what was going to happen, then I saved you, then I announced it—there was no foreign god among you that did this. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares the Lord.

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

I am God from the beginning. No one can snatch anybody from my hand. No one can reverse what I do.

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

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send attackers against Babylon and bring them down. All the Babylonians will be like fugitives, escaping in the ships they're so proud of.

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

This is what the Lord says, the one who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty 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

the one who brought out a great army with it horses and chariots and lay them down, never to rise again, snuffed out like a burning wick.

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

But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.

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

Just look at something new I'm going to do now! In fact it's started already. Can't you see it? Yes, I'm making a way through the wilderness, rivers 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 wild animals will be grateful to me, the jackals and the owls, because I'm providing water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, so my people, my chosen people, can drink.

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

I made this people for myself so that through their praise for me they could make me known.

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

But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, 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 haven't brought me sheep for burnt offerings; you haven't honored me with your sacrifices. I haven't burdened you by asking for grain offerings; I haven't tired you out by demanding incense.

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 haven't used your money to buy scented calamus; you have not pleased me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead you have burdened me with your sins, and tired me out with your guilt.

25 I I he/she/it to wipe transgression your because me and sin your not to remember

I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.

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

Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!

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

Your very first father sinned, and your leaders 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 treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”