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Isaiah 43

Chapter 43

43:1 But now thus saith the LORD a that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, b Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.

43:2 When thou passest through the c 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 d Egypt [for] thy ransom, Cush and Seba for thee.

(d) I turned Sennacheribs power against these countries, and made them suffer the affliction which you would have done, and so were as the payment of our ransom, ( Isaiah 37:9 ).
43:4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give e men for thee, and people for thy life.
43:5 Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the f east, and gather thee from the west;

(f) He prophecies of their deliverance from the captivity of Babylon, and so of the calling of the universal Church, alluding to that which is written in ( Deuteronomy 30:3 ).
43:7 [Even] every one that is called by my g name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; verily, I have made him.
43:9 Let all the nations be gathered h together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their i witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them k hear, and say, [It is] truth.

(h) Signifying that no power can resist him in doing this miraculous work, nor are all their idols able to do the same, as in ( Isaiah 41:22 ).
43:10 Ye l [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my m 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.
43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have n brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in o the ships.
(n) By Darius and Cyrus.
43:16 Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in p the sea, and a path in the mighty q waters;

(p) When he delivered Israel from Pharaoh, ( Exodus 14:22 ).
(q) When the Israelites passed through Jordan, ( Joshua 3:17 ).
43:17 Who bringeth r forth the s chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick.
(r) When he delivered his people out of Egypt.
(s) Pharaoh and his mighty army.
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 t wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.

(t) Meaning, that their deliverance out of Babylon would be more famous than that from Egypt was, ( Jeremiah 23:7 ; Haggai 2:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; Revelation 21:5 Revelation 21:7 ).
43:22 But thou hast not x called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been y weary of me, O Israel.
(z) Meaning, in true faith and obedience.
43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet a cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast b burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.

(a) Either for the composition of the sweet ointment ( Exodus 30:34 ), or for the sweet incense ( Exodus 30:7 ).
43:26 Put me in c remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
43:27 Thy d first father hath sinned, and thy e teachers have transgressed against me.
(d) Your ancestors.
(e) Your priests and your prophets.
43:28 Therefore I have f profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.


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