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.)

And now, thus said YHWH, Your Creator, O Jacob, and your Fashioner, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called on 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 into waters, I [am] with you, And into floods, they do not overflow you, When you go into fire, you are not burned, And a flame does not burn against you.

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—your God YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, I have appointed Egypt your atonement, Cush and Seba in your stead.

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

Since you were precious in My eyes, You were honored, and I have loved you, And I appoint men in your stead, And peoples instead 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 bring in your seed from the east, And I 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 am saying to the north, “Give up,” And to the south, “Do not restrain.” Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end 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 who is called by My Name, Even for My glory I have created him, I have formed him, indeed, I have made him.

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

He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.

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 have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declares this, And causes us to hear former things? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, “Truth.”

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, a declaration of YHWH, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

11 I I LORD and nothing from beside me to save

I [am] YHWH, And besides Me there is no savior.

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 declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And you [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And 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 the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who turns it back?

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 said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I have sent to Babylon for your sake, And caused bars to descend—all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships.

15 I LORD holy your to create Israel king your

I [am] YHWH, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, 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 said YHWH, Who is giving a way in the sea, And a path in the strong 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 is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: “They lie down together—they do not rise, They have been extinguished, They have been quenched as flax.”

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

Do not remember former things, And do not consider ancient things.

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 doing a new thing, now it springs up, Do you not know it? Indeed, I put a way in a wilderness, In a desolate place—floods.

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 beast of the field honors Me, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given waters in a wilderness, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people—My chosen.

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

I have formed this people for Myself, They recount My praise.

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

And you have not called Me, O Jacob, For you have been wearied 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 to Me, The lamb of your burnt-offerings, And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, I have not caused you to serve with a present, 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 money, And have not filled Me [with] the fat of your sacrifices, Only—you have caused Me to serve 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 [am] He who is blotting out Your transgressions for My own sake, And I do not remember your sins.

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

Cause Me to remember—we are judged together, Declare that you may be justified.

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

Your first father sinned, And your interpreters transgressed against Me,

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

And I defile princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!