But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. God, the Savior, forgives and says that Israel is his witness, and that he is about to do a new thing.
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 .