Dual Panel1Now <06258>, this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, the one who created <01254> you, O Jacob <03290>, and formed <03335> you, O Israel <03478>: “Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, for <03588> I will protect <01350> you. I call <07121> you by name <08034>, you <0859> are mine.
2When <03588> you pass through <05674> the waters <04325>, I <0589> am with <0854> you; when you pass through the streams <05104>, they will not <03808> overwhelm <07857> you. When <03588> you walk <01980> through <01119> the fire <0784>, you will not <03808> be burned <03554>; the flames <03852> will not <03808> harm <01197> you.
3For <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03069> your God <0430>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>, your deliverer <03467>. I have handed over <05414> Egypt <04714> as a ransom <03724> price, Ethiopia <03568> and Seba <05434> in place <08478> of you.
4Since <0834> you are precious <03365> and special <03513> in my sight <05869>, and I <0589> love <0157> you, I will hand over <05414> people <0120> in place <08478> of you, nations <03816> in place <08478> of your life <05315>.
5Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, for <03588> I <0589> am with <0854> you. From the east <04217> I will bring <0935> your descendants <02233>; from the west <04628> I will gather <06908> you.
6I will say <0559> to the north <06828>, ‘Hand <05414> them over <05414>!’ and to the south <08486>, ‘Don’t <0408> hold <03607> any back <03607>!’ Bring <0935> my sons <01121> from distant <07350> lands, and my daughters <01323> from the remote regions <07097> of the earth <0776>,
7everyone <03605> who belongs to me, whom I created <01254> for my glory <03519>, whom I formed <03335>– yes <0637>, whom I made <06213>!
8Bring out <03318> the people <05971> who are blind <05787>, even though they have <03426> eyes <05869>, those who are deaf <02795>, even though they have ears <0241>!
9All <03605> nations <01471> gather <06908> together <03162>, the peoples <03816> assemble <0622>. Who <04310> among them announced <05046> this <02063>? Who predicted <08085> earlier <07223> events for us? Let them produce <05414> their witnesses <05707> to testify they were right <06663>; let them listen <08085> and affirm <0559>, ‘It is true <0571>.’
10You <0859> are my witnesses <05707>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “my servant <05650> whom <0834> I have chosen <0977>, so that <04616> you may consider <03045> and believe <0539> in me, and understand <0995> that <03588> I <0589> am he. No <03808> god <0410> was formed <03335> before <06440> me, and none <03808> will outlive <0310> me.
11I <0595>, I <0595> am the Lord <03068>, and there is no <0369> deliverer <03467> besides <01107> me.
12I <0595> decreed <05046> and delivered <03467> and proclaimed <08085>, and there was no <0369> other <02114> god among you. You <0859> are my witnesses <05707>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “that I <0589> am God <0410>.
13From this day <03117> forward I <0589> am he <01931>; no one <0369> can deliver <05337> from my power <03027>; I will act <06466>, and who <04310> can prevent <07725> it?”
14This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, your protector <01350>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>: “For your sake <04616> I send <07971> to Babylon <0894> and make them all <03605> fugitives <01281>, turning the Babylonians <03778>’ joyful shouts <07440> into mourning songs.
15I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, your Holy One <06918>, the one who created <01254> Israel <03478>, your king <04428>.”
16This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, the one who made <05414> a road <01870> through the sea <03220>, a pathway <05410> through the surging <05794> waters <04325>,
17the one who led <03318> chariots <07393> and horses <05483> to destruction, together <03162> with a mighty <05808> army <02428>. They fell down <07901>, never <01077> to rise <06965> again; they were extinguished <01846>, put out <03518> like a burning wick <06594>:
18“Don’t <0408> remember <02142> these earlier events <07223>; don’t <0408> recall <0995> these former events <06931>.
19“Look <02005>, I am about to do <06213> something new <02319>. Now <06258> it begins to happen <06779>! Do you not <03808> recognize <03045> it? Yes <0637>, I will make <07760> a road <01870> in the desert <04057> and paths <05104> in the wilderness <03452>.
20The wild <07704> animals <02416> of the desert honor <03513> me, the jackals <08577> and ostriches <03284> <01323>, because <03588> I put <05414> water <04325> in the desert <04057> and streams <05104> in the wilderness <03452>, to quench the thirst <08248> of my chosen <0972> people <05971>,
21the people <05971> whom <02098> I formed <03335> for myself, so they might praise <05608> <08416> me.”
22“But you did not <03808> call <07121> for me, O Jacob <03290>; you did not long <03021> for me, O Israel <03478>.
23You did not <03808> bring <0935> me lambs <07716> for your burnt offerings <05930>; you did not <03808> honor <03513> me with your sacrifices <02077>. I did not <03808> burden <05647> you with offerings <04503>; I did not <03808> make <03021> you weary <03021> by demanding incense <03828>.
24You did not <03808> buy <07069> me aromatic reeds <07070>; you did not <03808> present <07301> to me the fat <02459> of your sacrifices <02077>. Yet you burdened <05647> me with your sins <02403>; you made <03021> me weary <03021> with your evil deeds <05771>.
25I <0595>, I <0595> am the one <01931> who blots out <04229> your rebellious deeds <06588> for my sake <04616>; your sins <02403> I do not <03808> remember <02142>.
26Remind <02142> me of what happened! Let’s debate <08199>! You <0859>, prove <05608> to me that <04616> you are right <06663>!
27The father <01> of your nation <07223> sinned <02398>; your spokesmen <03887> rebelled <06586> against me.
28So I defiled <02490> your holy <06944> princes <08269>, and handed <05414> Jacob <03290> over <05414> to destruction <02764>, and subjected Israel <03478> to humiliating abuse <01421>.”