Isaiah 43

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 And now, thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, who formed you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for Ihave redeemed you; I have cal ed you by your name, you are mine.	1 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.
2 Should you pass through the waters, I shall be with you; or through rivers, they will not swal ow you up.Should you walk through fire, you wil not suffer, and the flame wil not burn you.	2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
3 For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt for your ransom,Cush and Seba in exchange for you.	3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
4 Since I regard you as precious, since you are honoured and I love you, I therefore give people inexchange for you, and nations in return for your life.	4 Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shal bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from thewest.	5 Fear not, for I am with thee: I will. bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
6 To the north I shal say, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back!' Bring back my sonsfrom far away, and my daughters from the remotest part of the earth,	6 I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 everyone who bears my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, whom I havemade.	7 And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.
8 Bring forward the people that is blind, yet has eyes, that is deaf and yet has ears.	8 Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.
9 Let al the nations assemble, let the peoples gather here! Which of them has proclaimed this andrevealed things to us in the past? Let them bring their witnesses to justify themselves, let others hear and say, 'Itis true.'	9 All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.
10 You yourselves are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, and the servant whom I have chosen, so thatyou may know and believe me and understand that it is I. No god was formed before me, nor wil be after me.	10 You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.
11 I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me.	11 I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.
12 I have revealed, have saved, and have proclaimed, not some foreigner among you. You are mywitnesses, declares Yahweh, I am God,	12 I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
13 yes, from eternity I am. No one can deliver from my hand; when I act, who can thwart me?	13 And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
14 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, Ishall knock down al the prison bars, and the Chaldaeans' shouts of joy wil change to lamentations.	14 Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king.	15 I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus says Yahweh, who made a way through the sea, a path in the raging waters,	16 Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
17 who led out chariot and horse together with an army of picked troops: they lay down never to riseagain, they were snuffed out, put out like a wick.	17 Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
18 No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before.	18 Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
19 Look, I am doing something new, now it emerges; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in thedesert and rivers in wastelands.	19 Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild animals wil honour me, the jackals and the ostriches, for bestowing water in the desert andrivers on the wastelands for my people, my chosen one, to drink.	20 The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
21 The people I have shaped for myself wil broadcast my praises.	21 This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.
22 But, Jacob, you have not invoked me; no, Israel, you have grown weary of me.	22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.
23 You have not brought me lambs as your burnt offerings and have not honoured me with yoursacrifices. I have not subjected you to cereal offering, I have not wearied you by demanding incense.	23 Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 You have not bought expensive reed for me or sated me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead byyour sins you have trected me like a slave, you have wearied me with your crimes,	24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
25 I, I it is who blot out your acts of revolt for my own sake and shal not cal your sins to mind.	25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
26 Remind me, and we will judge this together; state your own case and justify yourself.	26 Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
27 Your first ancestor sinned, your interpreters revolted against me.	27 Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 That is why I deposed the chief men of my sanctuary, why I put Jacob under the curse of destructionand subjected Israel to insult.	28 And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.