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But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
43:2
 
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 burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
43:3
 
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
43:4
 
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
43:5
 
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
43:6
 
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 ends of the earth;
43:7
 
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
43:8
 
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
43:9
 
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
43:10
 
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
43:11
 
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
43:12
 
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
43:13
 
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
43:14
 
Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
43:15
 
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
43:16
 
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
43:17
 
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
43:18
 
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
43:19
 
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
43:20
 
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
43:21
 
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
43:22
 
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
43:23
 
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
43:24
 
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
43:25
 
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
43:26
 
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
43:27
 
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
43:28
 
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

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John Wesley's Notes
Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Promises to protect and enlarge the church, ver. 1-5. God appeals to them as witnesses of his power and knowledge, ver. 6- 13. He foretells the destruction of Babylon, and a new deliverance of his people, ver. 14-21. whose sins, ver. 22-24. against God's mercies render them inexcusable, ver. 25-28.
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