Isa 43
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And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear
not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.
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And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you:
and if you go through fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you.
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For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt
and Ethiopia your ransom, and given Soene for you.
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Since you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved
you: and I will give men for you, and princes for your Gr. head life.
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Fear not; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather
you from the west.
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I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from
the land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have
formed him, and have made him:
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and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they
that have ears are deaf.
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All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them:
who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning?
let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare
the truth.
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Be you my witnesses, and I too am a witness, says the Lord God, and my servant whom
I have chosen: that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am he: before
me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none.
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I am God; and beside me there is no Saviour.
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I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange god among
you: you are my witnesses, and I am the Lord God,
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even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will
work, and who shall turn it back?
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Thus says the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; for your sakes I
will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be
bound in ships.
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I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for Israel your king.
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Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty water;
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who brought forth chariots and horse, and a mighty multitude: but they have Or, gone to sleep; See Ps 76:5, 6 lain down, and
shall not rise: they are extinct, as quenched flax.
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Remember you not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.
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Behold, I will do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and you shall know
them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.
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the beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given
water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,
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my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises.
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I have not now called you, O Jacob; neither have I made you weary, O Israel.
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You have not brought me the sheep of your whole-burnt-offering; neither have you glorified
me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with sacrifices, neither have
I wearied you with frankincense.
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Neither have you purchased for me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat
of your sacrifices: but you did stand before me in your sins, and in your iniquities.
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Gr. I am, I am I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for mine own sake, and your sins;
and I will not remember them.
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But do you remember, and let us plead together: do you first confess your transgressions,
that you may be justified.
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Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me.
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And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob to enemies to destroy,
and Israel to reproach.