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Isaiah 43
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| 43:1
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. |
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| 43:2
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. |
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| 43:3
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. |
(43:3-4)
God makes Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba pay for Israel's sins. He says that
he likes Israel better than any other country so he's willing to sacrifice other countries for the
Israel's sake.
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| 43:4
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.
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| 43:5
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and
gather thee from the west; |
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| 43:6
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; |
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| 43:7
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. |
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| 43:8
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. |
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| 43:9
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. |
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| 43:10
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. |
How many gods are there?
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| 43:11
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. |
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| 43:12
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. |
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| 43:13
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? |
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| 43:14
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. |
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| 43:15
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. |
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| 43:16
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters; |
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| 43:17
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. |
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| 43:18
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. |
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| 43:19
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. |
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| 43:20
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. |
Dragons and owls will thank God for irrigation.
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| 43:21
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. |
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| 43:22
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me,
O Israel. |
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| 43:23
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. |
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| 43:24
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. |
The god of Is.40:28
never wearies. But the god of this verse is
wearied by iniquities. Well, maybe they're different gods.
Does God ever get tired?
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| 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins. |
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| 43:26
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified. |
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| 43:27
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against
me. |
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| 43:28
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given
Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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