Isaiah 43 (NET)

Isaiah 43:1¹Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 100:3Isa 43:7Zech 13:9Isa 54:4-5Titus 2:14Rev 5:9Isa 45:3-4Eph 2:10Isa 42:6Isa 43:21

Isaiah 43:2²When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:10Josh 1:9Ps 66:12Ps 23:4Dan 3:25-272 Cor 12:9-10Ps 91:151 Pet 4:12-13Deut 31:6-8Ps 91:3-5

Isaiah 43:3³For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:16Isa 45:152 Chr 14:9-14Isa 49:26Exod 20:2Prov 21:18Isa 45:21Jude 1:25Titus 3:4-6Hos 13:4

Isaiah 43:4⁴Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:6-81 Pet 2:9Jer 31:3Rev 3:9Gen 12:2Hos 11:1John 16:27Deut 32:9-14John 17:23Exod 19:5-6

Isaiah 43:5⁵Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 30:3Ezek 39:25-29Isa 49:12Luke 13:29Isa 44:2Isa 60:1-11Ezek 36:24-27Acts 18:9-10Isa 43:2Jer 30:10-11

Isaiah 43:6⁶I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:17-18Jer 3:14Jer 3:18-19Gal 3:26-29Hos 1:10-11Rom 9:7-8Isa 18:7Ps 107:3Rom 9:25-26

Isaiah 43:7⁷everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed—yes, whom I made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:10Isa 43:21Eph 1:121 Pet 2:9Rom 9:23Isa 62:2-5Isa 43:1Ps 100:3Isa 48:11Isa 56:5

Isaiah 43:8⁸Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:9Ezek 12:22 Cor 4:4-6Deut 29:2-4Isa 42:18-20Jer 5:21Isa 44:18-20

Isaiah 43:9⁹All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm, “It is true.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:7-9Isa 46:10Isa 41:21-26Isa 41:1Isa 43:26Joel 3:11Ps 50:11 Kgs 18:21-241 Kgs 18:36-39Isa 45:20-21

Isaiah 43:10¹⁰You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:4Isa 45:6Isa 46:8-9Isa 43:12Isa 40:21-22Acts 1:8Isa 44:6-8Phil 2:7Isa 42:1Isa 41:20

Isaiah 43:11¹¹I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 13:4Isa 44:6Isa 43:3Isa 45:21-22Acts 4:12Rev 7:10-12Isa 12:2Deut 6:4Isa 44:8Jude 1:25

Isaiah 43:12¹²I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:12Isa 44:8Ps 81:9-10Isa 43:10Isa 37:20Isa 37:7Isa 46:9-10Isa 48:4-7Isa 37:35-36

Isaiah 43:13¹³From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 14:27Isa 46:10Ps 90:2Heb 13:8John 8:581 Tim 1:17Deut 32:39Job 9:12Rev 1:8Isa 41:4

Isaiah 43:14¹⁴This is what the Lord says, your Protector, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 23:13Isa 44:6Jer 51:24Isa 44:24-45:5Ezek 27:29-36Isa 43:1Isa 43:3-4Isa 54:5-8Jer 50:17-18Jer 50:2-11

Isaiah 43:15¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:1Hab 1:12Isa 30:11Isa 33:22Isa 40:25Isa 41:14Isa 41:16Isa 43:3Isa 43:7Isa 45:11

Isaiah 43:16¹⁶This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:2Isa 51:10Ps 77:19Jer 31:35Isa 51:15Isa 63:11-13Neh 9:11Ps 106:9Ps 78:13Exod 14:21-22

Isaiah 43:17¹⁷the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:4-9Isa 1:31Ezek 38:8-18Ps 118:12Ps 76:5-6Rev 20:8-9Exod 14:23-28Exod 15:4Isa 14:20-22Ps 46:8-9

Isaiah 43:18¹⁸“Don’t remember these earlier events; don’t recall these former events.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:172 Cor 3:101 Chr 16:12Deut 8:2Isa 46:9Jer 16:14-15Deut 7:18Jer 23:7-8

Isaiah 43:19¹⁹Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 48:6Isa 42:92 Cor 5:17Rev 21:5Isa 41:18Luke 3:4-5Isa 35:6-10Jer 31:22Isa 40:3-4Ps 78:16-20

Isaiah 43:20²⁰The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:17Isa 48:21Isa 49:101 Pet 2:9Isa 13:22John 4:14Rev 17:141 Chr 16:13Isa 11:6-10Isa 43:19

Isaiah 43:21²¹the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:9Heb 13:151 Cor 6:19-20Ps 102:18Luke 1:74-751 Cor 10:31Isa 61:3Col 1:16Eph 1:5-12Isa 60:21

Isaiah 43:22²²“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:3Mal 3:14Mal 1:13Jas 4:2-3Jer 10:25Dan 9:13Hos 14:1-2Hos 7:10-14Isa 64:7Jer 2:11-13

Isaiah 43:23²³You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:25Zech 7:5-6Amos 5:21-22Isa 66:3Jer 7:22Lev 2:1Mal 1:13-14Mal 1:6-8Mal 3:8Matt 11:30

Isaiah 43:24²⁴You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 7:13Jer 6:20Isa 1:14Ezek 6:9Isa 63:10Mal 2:13-17Ps 50:9-13Ps 95:10Amos 2:13Exod 30:23-24

Isaiah 43:25²⁵I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 8:12Mic 7:18-19Heb 10:17Jer 31:34Isa 1:18Isa 44:22Ps 25:7Ps 79:8-9Isa 38:17Acts 3:19

Isaiah 43:26²⁶Remind me of what happened. Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:18Isa 43:9Rom 8:33Ps 141:2Jer 2:21-35Isa 41:1Job 40:7-8Rom 10:3Gen 32:12Isa 50:8

Isaiah 43:27²⁷The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:7Jer 5:31Ezek 16:3Ezek 22:25-28Lam 4:13-14Acts 5:17-18Acts 7:51Hos 4:6Isa 3:12Isa 56:10-12

Isaiah 43:28²⁸So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 24:9Isa 65:15Zech 8:131 Thess 2:16Deut 28:15-20Isa 47:6Lam 2:2Ps 79:42 Sam 1:21Dan 9:14