43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 1 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 2 in place of you.
43:11 I, I am the Lord,
and there is no deliverer besides me.
45:15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden,
O God of Israel, deliverer!
45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! 3
Let them consult with one another!
Who predicted this in the past?
Who announced it beforehand?
Was it not I, the Lord?
I have no peer, there is no God but me,
a God who vindicates and delivers; 4
there is none but me.
1 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
2 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.
3 tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.
4 tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”