Israel’s Only Savior

1And now, thus said Jehovah creating thee, O Jacob, and forming thee, O Israel, Thou shalt not fear, for I redeemed thee; I called by thy name; thou art to me.

2When thou shalt pass through the waters, I with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou shalt go through fire thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not consume thee.

3For I Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, saving thee: I gave Egypt expiating thee, Cush and Seba instead of thee.

4From that thou wert precious in mine eyes, thou wert honored, and I loved thee: and I will give man instead of thee, and peoples instead of thy soul.

5Thou shalt not fear, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the sunrisings, and from the west I will gather thee.

6Say to the north, Thou shalt give, and to the south thou shalt not withhold: bring in my sons from far off, and my daughters from the extremities of the earth;

7All being called by name: and I created him; for my glory I formed him; also I made him.

8Bring forth the blind people, and there are eyes; and the deaf, and ears to them.

9Gather all nations together, and people shall be collected: who among them shall announce this, and will they cause us to hear former things? shall they give their witnesses, and be justified? and will they hear, and say, Truth?

10Ye my witnesses, says Jehovah, and my servants whom I chose: so that ye shall know and trust to me, and understand that I am he: before me was no God formed, and after me shall be none.

11I, I, Jehovah, and none saving besides me.

12I announced and I saved, and I caused to hear, and no stranger among you: and ye are witnesses, says Jehovah, and I am God.

13Also from the day I am he, and none delivering from my hand: I will do and who shall turn it back?

A Way in the Wilderness

14Thus said Jehovah redeeming you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I sent to Babel, and brought down the bars all of them, and the Chaldees shouting in their ships.

15I Jehovah your Holy One, creating Israel your king.

16Thus said Jehovah giving a way in the sea, and a beaten path in the strong waters;

17Bringing forth the chariot and the horse, the strength and the might together, they shall fall down, they shall not rise: they went out; they were quenched as tow.

18Will ye not remember the former things? will ye not discern the things of old?

19Behold me doing a new thing; now it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it? I will also set a way in the desert, rivers in the waste.

20The beast of the field shall know me, the sea monster and the daughters of the ostrich: for I gave waters in the desert, rivers in the waste to give drink to my people, my chosen.

21This people I formed for myself; they shall recount my praise.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness
(Judges 2:10–15; Jeremiah 2:23–37)

22And thou calledst me not, O Jacob; and thou overt weary of me, O Israel.

23Thou broughtest not to me the sheep of thy burnt-offering, and thou honoredst me not with thy sacrifices I caused thee not to serve with a gift, and I wearied thee not with frankincense.

24Thou broughtest not for me a buying with silver, thou didst not satiate me with the fat of thy sacrifices also thou causedst me to serve with thy sins, thou didst weary me with thine iniquities.

25I, I am he wiping away thy transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

26Cause me to remember; we will judge together; relate thou so that thou shalt be justified.

27Thy first father sinned, thy interpreter transgressed against me.

28And will defile the chiefs of the holy place, and will give Jacob to be devoted, and Israel for reproaches.