Isaiah 43:3

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.

Isaiah 43:10

43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,

“my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may consider ³  and believe in me,

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and none will outlive me. ⁴ 

[43:3]  ¹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ² sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[43:10]  ³ tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[43:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”