Isaiah 43

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are 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 you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
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 your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
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 then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your 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 you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you 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, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, 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 each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
8 Bring forward the people that is blind, yet has eyes, that is deaf and yet has ears.	8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who 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 have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
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, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will 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 savior apart from 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 announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says 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 no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
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 says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory 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 says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of 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 led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
18 No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before.	18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
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 am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
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 wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
21 The people I have shaped for myself wil broadcast my praises.	21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
22 But, Jacob, you have not invoked me; no, Israel, you have grown weary of me.	22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for 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 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you 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 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your 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 the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
26 Remind me, and we will judge this together; state your own case and justify yourself.	26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
27 Your first ancestor sinned, your interpreters revolted against me.	27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed 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 so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.