Isaiah 43 - Revised Standard Version Old Tradition 1952(RSV-C)

1But now thus says the Lord,

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.

2When you pass through the waters I will be with you;

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

and the flame shall not consume you.

3For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

I give Egypt as your ransom,

Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

4Because you are precious in my eyes,

and honored, and I love you,

I give men in return for you,

peoples in exchange for your life.

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15I am the Lord, your Holy One,

the Creator of Israel, your King.”

16Thus says the Lord,

who makes a way in the sea,

a path in the mighty waters,

17who brings forth chariot and horse,

army and warrior;

they lie down, they cannot rise,

they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

18“Remember not the former things,

nor consider the things of old.

19Behold, I am doing a new thing;

now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness

and rivers in the desert.

20The wild beasts will honor me,

the jackals and the ostriches;

for I give water in the wilderness,

rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people,

21the people whom I formed for myself

that they might declare my praise.

22“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;

but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

23You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,

or honored me with your sacrifices.

I have not burdened you with offerings,

or wearied you with frankincense.

24You have not bought me sweet cane with money,

or 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 am He

who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,

and I will not remember your sins.

26Put me in remembrance, let us argue together;

set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

27Your first father sinned,

and your mediators transgressed against me.

28Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,

I delivered Jacob to utter destruction

and Israel to reviling.