Isaiah 43

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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.	1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine.
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:	2 When you pass through the water, I will be with you; in the rivers you shall not drown. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned; the flames shall not consume 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.	3 For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in return for you.
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.	4 Because you are precious in my eyes and glorious, and because I love you, I give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with thee: I will. bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.	5 Fear not, for I am with you; from the east I will bring back your descendants, from the west I will gather you.
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.	6 I will say to the north: Give them up! and to the south: Hold not back! Bring back my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth:
7 And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.	7 Everyone who is named as mine, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
8 Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.	8 Lead out the people who are blind though they have eyes, who are deaf though they have ears.
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.	9 Let all the nations gather together, let the peoples assemble! Who among them could have revealed this, or foretold to us the earlier things? Let them produce witnesses to prove themselves right, that one may hear and say, "It is true!"
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.	10 You are my witnesses, says the LORD, my servants whom I have chosen To know and believe in me and understand that it is I. Before me no god was formed, and after me there shall be none.
11 I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.	11 It is I, I the LORD; there is no savior but me.
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.	12 It is I who foretold, I who saved; I made it known, not any strange god among you; You are my witnesses, says the LORD. I am God,
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?	13 yes, from eternity I am He; There is none who can deliver from my hand: who can countermand what I do?
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.	14 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sakes I send to Babylon; I will lower all the bars, and the Chaldeans shall cry out in lamentation.
15 I am the Lord 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 saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.	16 Thus says the LORD, who opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters,
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.	17 Who leads out chariots and horsemen, a powerful army, Till they lie prostrate together, never to rise, snuffed out and quenched like a wick.
18 Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.	18 Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not;
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.	19 See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.
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.	20 Wild beasts honor me, jackals and ostriches, For I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink,
21 This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.	21 The people whom I formed for myself, that they might announce my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.	22 Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob, for you grew weary of me, O Israel.
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.	23 You did not bring me sheep for your holocausts, nor honor me with your sacrifices. I did not exact from you the service of offerings, nor weary you for frankincense.
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.	24 You did not buy me sweet cane for money, nor fill me with the fat of your sacrifices; Instead, you burdened me with your sins, and wearied me with your crimes.
25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.	25 It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more.
26 Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.	26 Would you have me remember, have us come to trial? Speak up, prove your innocence!
27 Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.	27 Your first father sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me
28 And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.	28 Till I repudiated the holy gates, put Jacob under the ban, and exposed Israel to scorn.