Is 43:10 "You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.
Is 43:11 "I, even I, am the LORD, And there is no savior besides Me.
Is 43:12 "It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no strange god among you; So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And I am God.
Is 43:13 "Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?"
Is 43:14 ¶ Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.
Is 43:15 "I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."
Is 43:16 Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way through the sea And a path through the mighty waters,
Is 43:17 Who brings forth the chariot and the horse, The army and the mighty man (They will lie down together and not rise again; They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick):
Is 43:18 "Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.
Is 43:19 "Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
Is 43:20 "The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.
Is 43:21 "The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.
Is 43:22 ¶ "Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.
Is 43:23 "You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.
Is 43:24 "You have bought Me not sweet cane with money, Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Is 43:25 ¶ "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
Is 43:26 "Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together; State your cause, that you may be proved right.
Is 43:27 "Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.
Is 43:28 "So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary, And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement.
Is 44:1 "But now listen, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen: