[1] But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you,
Israel: Don`t be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your
name, you are mine. [2] When you pass through the waters, I will be with
you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk
through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle
on you. [3] For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. [4]
Since you have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved
you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your
life. [5] Don`t be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from
the east, and gather you from the west; [6] I will tell the north, Give up;
and to the south, Don`t keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters
from the end of the earth; [7] everyone who is called by my name, and whom
I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made. [8]
Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. [9]
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled:
who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring
their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It
is truth. [10] You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I
have chosen; that you 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 Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. [12] I have declared,
and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among
you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God. [13] Yes,
since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my
hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? [14] Thus says Yahweh, your
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and
I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the
ships of their rejoicing. [15] I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of
Israel, your King. [16] Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a
path in the mighty waters; [17] who brings forth the chariot and horse, the
army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they
are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): [18] Don`t remember the former
things, neither consider the things of old. [19] Behold, I will do a new
thing; now shall it spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a
way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. [20] The animals of the
field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters
in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my
chosen, [21] the people which I formed for myself, that they might set
forth my praise. [22] Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have
been weary of me, Israel. [23] You have not brought me of your sheep for
burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have
not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. [24]
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me
with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins,
you have wearied me with your iniquities. [25] I, even I, am he who blots
out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
[26] Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your
cause], that you may be justified. [27] Your first father sinned, and your
teachers have transgressed against me. [28] Therefore I will profane the
princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a
reviling.
