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         <div class="label">43</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Restoration and Protection Promised</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But now thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who created you, O Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who formed you, O Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">I have called you by name, you are mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">and the flame shall not consume you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">I give Egypt as your ransom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">Ethiopia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43.3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fq">Nubia</span><span class="ft">; Heb </span><span class="fq">Cush</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Seba in exchange for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Because you are precious in my sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">and honored, and I love you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">I give people in return for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">nations in exchange for your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not fear, for I am with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">I will bring your offspring from the east,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">and from the west I will gather you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will say to the north, &#8220;Give them up,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and to the south, &#8220;Do not withhold;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">bring my sons from far away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and my daughters from the end of the earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">everyone who is called by my name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I created for my glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I formed and made.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="content">who are deaf, yet have ears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Let all the nations gather together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and let the peoples assemble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Who among them declared this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and foretold to us the former things?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and let them hear and say, &#8220;It is true.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You are my witnesses, says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">and my servant whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">so that you may know and believe me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">and understand that I am he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">Before me no god was formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">nor shall there be any after me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I, I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="content">and besides me there is no savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I declared and saved and proclaimed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">when there was no strange god among you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">and you are my witnesses, says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am God, and also henceforth I am He;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">there is no one who can deliver from my hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">I work and who can hinder it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">For your sake I will send to Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">and break down all the bars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43.14 </span><span class="ft">Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="content">the Creator of Israel, your King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">who makes a way in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">a path in the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who brings out chariot and horse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">army and warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">they lie down, they cannot rise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Do not remember the former things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="content">or consider the things of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I am about to do a new thing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">I will make a way in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">and rivers in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wild animals will honor me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">the jackals and the ostriches;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">for I give water in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">rivers in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">to give drink to my chosen people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the people whom I formed for myself</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="content">so that they might declare my praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="content">but you have been weary of me, O Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">or honored me with your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">I have not burdened you with offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">or wearied you with frankincense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You have not bought me sweet cane with money,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">But you have burdened me with your sins;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">you have wearied me with your iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I, I am He</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">and I will not remember your sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Accuse me, let us go to trial;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your first ancestor sinned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="content">and your interpreters transgressed against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">I delivered Jacob to utter destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">and Israel to reviling.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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But now thus says the LORD,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
Because you are precious in my sight,
and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and from the west I will gather you;
I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
and my daughters from the end of the earth—
everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”

Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!
Let all the nations gather together,
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them declared this,
and foretold to us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,
and let them hear and say, “It is true.”
You are my witnesses, says the LORD,
and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the LORD,
and besides me there is no savior.
I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and you are my witnesses, says the LORD.
I am God, and also henceforth I am He;
there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
I work and who can hinder it?

Thus says the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I will send to Babylon
and break down all the bars,
and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.
I am the LORD, your Holy One,
the Creator of Israel, your King.
Thus says the LORD,
who makes a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,
who brings out chariot and horse,
army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
Do not remember the former things,
or consider the things of old.
I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
The wild animals will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches;
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.

Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
or wearied you with frankincense.
You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.

I, I am He
who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
Accuse me, let us go to trial;
set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.
Your first ancestor sinned,
and your interpreters transgressed against me.
Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
I delivered Jacob to utter destruction,
and Israel to reviling.

සවන් දෙන්න Isaiah 43