{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/43","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:31.957Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":43,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":42,"nextChapter":44,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honourable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men for thee, and peoples for thy life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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 end of the earth;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory; I have formed him; yea, I have made him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shewed, and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and I am God."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yea, since 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?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as flax:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The beasts of the field shall honour me, the jackals and the ostriches: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not made thee to serve with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause, that thou mayest be justified."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thy first father sinned, and thine interpreters have transgressed against me."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 43 (ERV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 43](https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/43)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/43 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}