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Text -- Isaiah 43:1-19 (NET)
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The Lord Will Rescue His People
43:1 Now , this is what the Lord says , the one who created you, O Jacob , and formed you, O Israel : “Don’t be afraid , for I will protect you. I call you by name , you are mine.
43:2 When you pass through the waters , I am with you; when you pass through the streams , they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire , you will not be burned ; the flames will not harm you.
43:3 For I am the Lord your God , the Holy One of Israel , your deliverer . I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.
43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight , and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life .
43:5 Don’t be afraid , for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants ; from the west I will gather you.
43:6 I will say to the north , ‘Hand them over !’ and to the south , ‘Don’t hold any back !’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth ,
43:7 everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory , whom I formed – yes , whom I made !
The Lord Declares His Sovereignty
43:8 Bring out the people who are blind , even though they have eyes , those who are deaf , even though they have ears !
43:9 All nations gather together , the peoples assemble . Who among them announced this ? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right ; let them listen and affirm , ‘It is true .’
43:10 You are my witnesses ,” says the Lord , “my servant whom I have chosen , so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.
43:11 I , I am the Lord , and there is no deliverer besides me.
43:12 I decreed and delivered and proclaimed , and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses ,” says the Lord , “that I am God .
43:13 From this day forward I am he ; no one can deliver from my power ; I will act , and who can prevent it?”
The Lord Will Do Something New
43:14 This is what the Lord says , your protector , the Holy One of Israel : “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives , turning the Babylonians ’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.
43:15 I am the Lord , your Holy One , the one who created Israel , your king .”
43:16 This is what the Lord says , the one who made a road through the sea , a pathway through the surging waters ,
43:17 the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army . They fell down , never to rise again; they were extinguished , put out like a burning wick :
43:18 “Don’t remember these earlier events ; don’t recall these former events .
43:19 “Look , I am about to do something new . Now it begins to happen ! Do you not recognize it? Yes , I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
TRUTH |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Condescension of God |
SAVIOUR |
Isaiah |
God |
Church |
OMNISCIENCE |
GOD, 2 |
Babylon |
Seba |
Faith |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
OMNIPOTENCE |
Red Sea |
Sabeans |
Ethiopia |
Adoption |
DESERT |
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NET Notes: Isa 43:1 Or “redeem.” See the note at 41:14. Cf. NCV “saved you”; CEV “rescued you”; NLT “ransomed you.”
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NET Notes: Isa 43:14 The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylon...
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NET Notes: Isa 43:17 Heb “lay down”; NAB “lie prostrate together”; CEV “lie dead”; NRSV “they lie down.”
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