The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have ^aredeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

 2 When thou passest through the ^awaters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the ^bfire, thou shalt not be ^cburned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the ^aHoly One of Israel, thy ^bSaviour: I gave ^cEgypt for thy ^dransom, Ethiopia and ^eSeba for thee.

 4 Since thou wast ^aprecious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

 5 ^aFear not: for I am with thee: I will ^bbring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

 6 I will say to the ^anorth, ^bGive up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have ^acreated him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

 8 ¶Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

 10 ^aYe are my ^bwitnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have ^cchosen: that ye may know and ^dbelieve me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and ^abeside me there is no ^bsaviour.

 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall ^alet it?

 14 ¶Thus saith the Lord, your ^aredeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

 15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your ^aKing.

 16 Thus saith the Lord, which ^amaketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall ^alie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are ^bquenched as tow.

 18 ¶Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

 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 ^awilderness, and ^brivers in the desert.

 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the ^adragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

 21 This ^apeople have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

 22 ¶But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

 23 Thou hast not brought me the ^asmall cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

 24 Thou hast bought me no ^asweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast ^bmade me to serve with thy sins, thou hast ^cwearied me with thine iniquities.

 25 I, even I, am he that ^ablotteth out thy ^btransgressions for mine own ^csake, and will not remember thy sins.

 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: ^adeclare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

 27 Thy ^afirst father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

 28 Therefore I have ^aprofaned the ^bprinces of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.