XLIII. 1 And now thus saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, and 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 scorched, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.
3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
4 Since thou art (become) precious in mine eyes, hast been honoured, and I have loved thee; therefore I will give man in thy stead, 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 end of the earth:
7 Everyone that is called by my name, and that I have created for my glory; that I have formed, yea, have made.
8 Bring forth a blind people, and they have eyes; and deaf ones, and they have ears.
9 All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled: who among them will tell this, and cause us to hear former things? let them produce their witnesses, and appear righteous, and 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 discern that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, I am the Lord, and beside me is no Saviour.
12 Myself have told, and have saved, and have caused it to be heard, and there was no stranger among you; and ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
13 Yea, from the beginning I am he: and there is none that delivereth out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it back?
14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and will bring down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldaeans in the ships of their shouting
15 I the Lord am your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters:
17 Which bringeth forth chariot and horse, force and warrior: they lie down together, they shall not rise: they are quenched, they are gone out like a wick:
18 Remember ye not the first things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I do a new thing; now is it springing forth; will ye not know it? Yea, I will set a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour. me, jackals and (daughters of) ostriches : for I have given ’waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 The people which 1,Ι have formed for myself, they shall recount my praise.
22 And thou hast noi: called upon me, Jacob : for thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought me the’lambs of thy burnt offerings, neither hast thou honoured me with tb’y sacrifices: I have not caused thee to serve with a (meal) offering,nor wearied thee with . incense.
24 Thou hast not bought me sweet cane with silver, neither hast thou steeped me with the fat of thy sacrifices: only thou hast caused me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with a thine iniquities.
25 I, I am he that blotteth out thy rebellions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: do thou recount, that thou mayest appear righteous.
27 Thy first father sinned, and thine interpreters rebelled ” against me.
28 And I will profane princes of holiness, and will give up Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.
Isaias. . ed. Richard Rusden Ottley. Germany. 2016.
Sponsored by University of Leipzig.
Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.