Isaiah 43 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Israel’s Only Savior

1 But 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. (Ge 32:28; Isa 41:14; Isa 44:2; Isa 44:21; Isa 44:24; Isa 45:3)

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2 When 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. (Ps 66:12; Isa 42:25; Da 3:25; Da 3:27)

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3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. (Ex 20:2; Ps 72:10; Isa 45:14; Isa 52:3)

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4 Because 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. 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. (Ps 107:3; Isa 41:10; Isa 41:13; Isa 44:2; Isa 49:12; Isa 60:8; Jer 30:10)

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6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, (2Co 6:18) 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” 8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! (Isa 42:19) 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true. (Isa 41:1; Isa 41:21) 10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. (Isa 41:4; Isa 42:1; Isa 43:12; Isa 44:8)

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11 I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. (Isa 45:21; Ho 13:4) 12 I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God. (Isa 43:10) 13 Also henceforth I am he; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?” (Ps 90:2; Isa 41:4; Joh 8:58) 14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice. (Isa 23:13; Isa 43:4; Isa 47:1) 15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.” 16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, (Ex 14:21; Ps 77:19; Isa 51:10) 17 who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: (Ex 14:4; Ps 76:5; Ps 118:12; Isa 1:31)

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18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. (Jer 16:14; Jer 23:7) 19 Behold, 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. (Isa 35:8; Isa 41:18; Isa 42:9; Isa 48:21; 2Co 5:17; Re 21:5)

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20 The 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, (Isa 13:22; Isa 49:10) 21 the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise. (Ps 22:3; Ps 79:13; Ps 105:1; Lu 1:74; 1Pe 2:9)

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22 “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel! (Mic 6:3) 23 You 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. (Isa 43:22; Am 5:25) 24 You 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. (Isa 44:22; Isa 46:8; Eze 36:25) 26 Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right. (Isa 1:18) 27 Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me. (Jer 5:31; Eze 16:3) 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling. (Jer 24:9; Jer 29:22; La 2:2)

New International Version

Israel’s only Saviour

1 But now, this is what the Lord says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush^[1] and Seba in your stead. 4 Since you are precious and honoured in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. 6 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 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’ 8 Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. 9 All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, ‘It is true.’ 10 ‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. 11 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no saviour. 12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed – I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am God. 13 Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No-one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?’

God’s mercy and Israel’s unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says – your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,^[2] in the ships in which they took pride. 15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.’ 16 This is what the Lord says – he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 18 ‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. 20 The wild animals honour me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. 22 ‘Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for^[3] me, Israel. 23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. 24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offences. 25 ‘I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. 26 Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence. 27 Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me. 28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction^[4] and Israel to scorn.

New International Reader’s Version

The Lord saves Israel

1 Family of Jacob, the LORD created you. People of Israel, he formed you. He says, ‘Do not be afraid. I will set you free. I will send for you by name. You belong to me. 2 You will pass through deep waters. But I will be with you. You will pass through the rivers. But their waters will not sweep over you. You will walk through fire. But you will not be burned. The flames will not harm you. 3 I am the LORD your God. I am the Holy One of Israel. I am the one who saves you. I will give up Egypt to set you free. I will give up Cush and Seba for you. 4 You are priceless to me. I love you and honour you. So I will trade other people for you. I will give up other nations to save your lives. 5 Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bring your people back from the east. I will gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north, “Let them go!” And I will say to the south, “Do not hold them back.” Bring my sons from far away. Bring my daughters from the farthest places on earth. 7 Bring back everyone who belongs to me. I created them to bring glory to me. I formed them and made them.’ 8 Lead my people into court. They have eyes but can’t see. Bring those who have ears but can’t hear. 9 All the nations are gathering together. All of them are coming. Which one of their gods said in advance that the people of Israel would return? Which of them told us anything at all about the past? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right. Then others will hear them. And they will say, ‘What they said is true.’ 10 ‘People of Israel, you are my witnesses,’ announces the LORD. ‘I have chosen you to be my servant. I wanted you to know me and believe in me. I wanted you to understand that I am the one and only God. Before me, there was no other god at all. And there will not be any god after me. 11 I am the one and only LORD. I am the only one who can save you. 12 I have made known what would happen. I saved you. I have told you about it. I did this. It was not some other god you worship. You are my witnesses that I am God,’ announces the LORD. 13 ‘And that is not all! I have always been God, and I always will be. No one can save people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?’

The Lord is full of mercy but Israel is unfaithful

14 The LORD sets his people free. He is the Holy One of Israel. He says, ‘People of Israel, I will send an army to Babylon to save you. I will cause all the Babylonians to run away. They will try to escape in the ships they were so proud of. 15 I am your LORD and King. I am your Holy One. I created you.’ 16 Long ago the LORD opened a way for his people to go through the Red Sea. He made a path through the mighty waters. 17 He caused Egypt to send out its chariots and horses. He sent its entire army to its death. Its soldiers lay down there. They never got up again. They were destroyed. They were blown out like a dimly burning flame. But the LORD says, 18 ‘Forget the things that happened in the past. Do not keep on thinking about them. 19 I am about to do something new. It is beginning to happen even now. Don’t you see it coming? I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert. I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land. 20 Even wild dogs and owls honour me. That is because I provide water in the desert for my people to drink. I cause streams to flow in the dry and empty land for my chosen ones. 21 I do it for the people I made for myself. I want them to sing praise to me. 22 ‘Family of Jacob, you have not prayed to me as you should. People of Israel, you have not worn yourselves out for me. 23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings. You have not honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not loaded you down by requiring grain offerings. I have not made you tired by requiring you to burn incense. 24 But you have not bought any sweet-smelling cane for me. You have not given me the fattest parts of your animal sacrifices. Instead, you have loaded me down with your sins. You have made me tired with the wrong things you have done. 25 ‘I am the one who wipes out your lawless acts. I do it because of who I am. I will not remember your sins anymore. 26 But let us go to court together. Remind me of what you have done. State your case. Prove to me that you are not guilty. 27 Your father Jacob sinned. The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me. 28 So I put the high officials of your temple to shame. I let Jacob’s family be totally destroyed. And I let people make fun of Israel.

King James Version

1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Einheitsübersetzung 2016

Erlösung Israels als Heimkehr und Sammlung

1 Jetzt aber - so spricht der HERR, / der dich erschaffen hat, Jakob, / und der dich geformt hat, Israel: Fürchte dich nicht, denn ich habe dich ausgelöst, / ich habe dich beim Namen gerufen, du gehörst mir! 2 Wenn du durchs Wasser schreitest, bin ich bei dir, / wenn durch Ströme, dann reißen sie dich nicht fort. Wenn du durchs Feuer gehst, wirst du nicht versengt, / keine Flamme wird dich verbrennen. 3 Denn ich, der HERR, bin dein Gott, / ich, der Heilige Israels, bin dein Retter. Ich habe Ägypten als Kaufpreis für dich gegeben, / Kusch und Seba an deiner Stelle. 4 Weil du in meinen Augen teuer und wertvoll bist / und weil ich dich liebe, gebe ich Menschen für dich / und für dein Leben ganze Völker. 5 Fürchte dich nicht, denn ich bin mit dir! / Vom Aufgang der Sonne bringe ich deine Kinder herbei / und vom Untergang her sammle ich dich. (Isa 41:10) 6 Ich sage zum Norden: Gib her! / und zum Süden: Halt nicht zurück! Führe meine Söhne heim aus der Ferne, / meine Töchter vom Ende der Erde! 7 Denn jeden, der nach meinem Namen benannt ist, / habe ich zu meiner Ehre erschaffen, geformt und gemacht. (Jer 14:9)

Gott, der einzige Retter

8 Bring das Volk heraus, das blind ist, obwohl es Augen hat, / und taub, obwohl es Ohren hat! 9 Alle Völker sind versammelt / und die Nationen sind zusammengekommen. Wer von ihnen kündigt dies an / und wer kann uns sagen, was früher war? Sie sollen ihre Zeugen stellen, / damit sie Recht bekommen, / damit man sie hört und sagt: Es ist wahr. (Isa 48:3) 10 Ihr seid meine Zeugen - Spruch des HERRN - / und mein Knecht, den ich erwählt habe, damit ihr erkennt und mir glaubt / und einseht, dass ich es bin. Vor mir wurde kein Gott erschaffen / und auch nach mir wird es keinen geben. 11 Ich, ich bin der HERR / und außer mir gibt es keinen Retter. 12 Ich selbst habe es angekündigt und habe gerettet, / ich habe es zu Gehör gebracht. Kein fremder Gott ist bei euch gewesen. / Ihr seid meine Zeugen - Spruch des HERRN. Ich allein bin Gott; / 13 auch künftig bin ich es. Niemand kann mir etwas entreißen. / Ich handle. Wer kann es rückgängig machen?

Weg durch die Wüste

14 So spricht der HERR, euer Erlöser, / der Heilige Israels: Um euretwillen habe ich nach Babel gesandt / und lasse alle Flüchtenden untergehen, / die Chaldäer in ihren festlichen Schiffen. 15 Ich bin der HERR, euer Heiliger, / Israels Schöpfer, euer König. 16 So spricht der HERR, der einen Weg durchs Meer bahnt, / einen Pfad durch gewaltige Wasser, 17 der Wagen und Rosse ausziehen lässt, / zusammen mit einem mächtigen Heer; doch sie liegen am Boden und stehen nicht mehr auf, / sie sind erloschen und verglüht wie ein Docht. 18 Denkt nicht mehr an das, was früher war; / auf das, was vergangen ist, achtet nicht mehr! (Isa 65:17) 19 Siehe, nun mache ich etwas Neues. / Schon sprießt es, merkt ihr es nicht? Ja, ich lege einen Weg an durch die Wüste / und Flüsse durchs Ödland. (Re 21:5) 20 Die wilden Tiere werden mich preisen, / die Schakale und Strauße, denn ich lasse in der Wüste Wasser fließen / und Flüsse im Ödland, / um mein Volk, mein erwähltes, zu tränken. 21 Das Volk, das ich mir geformt habe, / wird meinen Ruhm verkünden. (1Pe 2:9)

Israels Sünde und Gottes Vergebung

22 Jakob, du hast mich nicht gerufen, / Israel, du hast dir mit mir keine Mühe gemacht. 23 Du brachtest mir keine Lämmer als Brandopfer dar / und mit Schlachtopfern hast du mich nicht geehrt. Ich habe dich nicht mit Speiseopfern geknechtet / und habe dir mit Rauchopfern keine Mühe gemacht. 24 Du hast mir für dein Geld kein Gewürzrohr gekauft / und hast mich nicht gelabt mit dem Fett deiner Opfer. Nein, du hast mich mit deinen Sünden geknechtet, / mir Mühe gemacht mit deinen Vergehen. 25 Ich, ich bin es, der deine Vergehen wegwischt um meinetwillen, / deiner Sünden gedenke ich nicht mehr. (Isa 44:22) 26 Lade mich vor, gehen wir miteinander vor Gericht; / zähl auf, du, damit du Recht bekommst! 27 Schon dein Urahn hat gesündigt; / deine Anführer haben sich gegen mich aufgelehnt. 28 Da entweihte ich die Fürsten des Heiligtums, / gab Jakob dem Bann preis / und Israel den Schmähungen.