But now thus says Jehovah
Who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, because I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
And through the rivers, they will not flow over you.
And when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
And the flame will not consume you.

Because I am Jehovah your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior,
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
 ¹Cush and Seba instead of you.

Since you were precious in My eyes,
Since you have been honorable and I have loved you,
I will give up men in your place,
And peoples in exchange for your life.

Do not fear, because I am with you;
I will bring your seed from the east,
And gather you from the west.

I will say to the north, Give them up,
And to the south, Do not keep them back.
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the end of the earth,

Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created, formed, and even made for My  ¹glory.

Bring out the people who are blind yet have eyes,
And those who are deaf yet have ears.

Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this
And relate to us the former things?
Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified,
And let them hear and say, It is true.

You are My  ¹witnesses, declares Jehovah,
And My servant whom I have chosen,
In order that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no  ²God formed,
Neither will there be any after Me.

I, even I, am Jehovah;
And there is no Savior besides Me.

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have let them hear;
There is no strange god among you.
And you are My witnesses, declares Jehovah,
And I am God.

Indeed,  ¹before the day was, I am He,
And there is no one who can deliver  ²from My hand.
I will work and who will reverse it?

Thus says Jehovah,
You're Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And I will bring down all of them as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans, whose rejoicing is in the ships.

I am Jehovah, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your King.

Thus says Jehovah,
Who has made a way in the sea,
And a path in the mighty waters,

Who brings forth the chariot and the horse,
The army and the powerful together.
They will lie down, they will not rise;
They are extinct, they are quenched like flax.

Do not call to mind the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.

Indeed, I am doing a new thing;
It will now spring forth;
Do you not know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

The animals of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given them water in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert,
To give a drink to My people, My chosen ones.

This people I have formed for Myself;
They will show forth My praise.

But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob,
But you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

You have not brought Me a sheep for your burnt offerings,
And you have not honored Me with your sacrifices;
I have not made you serve Me with a meal offering,
Nor wearied you with incense.

You did not buy calamus for Me with money,
And you did not fill Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
Indeed, you have burdened Me with your sins;
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

I, even I, am He who wipes away your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.

Put Me in remembrance; let us plead in judgment together:
Declare your case that you may be justified.

Your first father sinned,
And your mediators transgressed against Me.

Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
And I delivered up Jacob to destruction,
And Israel to reviling.

But now hear, O Jacob, My servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen.

Thus says Jehovah your Maker
And the One who formed you from the womb, who will help you,
Do not fear, O Jacob, My servant,
And  ¹Jeshurun whom I have chosen,

For I will pour water upon the thirsty land,
And streams upon the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit upon your seed,
And My blessing upon your offspring.

They will spring up among the grass,
Like poplars beside the flowing streams of water.

One will say, I am Jehovah's;
Another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
Another will write with his hand, I am Jehovah's;
He will name himself with the name Israel.

Thus says Jehovah the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts,
I am the First and I am the Last,
And apart from Me there is no God.

And who can proclaim as I can?
Then let him declare it and recount it in order for Me,
Since I set forth the people of ancient times.
Let them declare to them both the coming things
And the things which will take place.

Do not tremble and do not be afraid.
Have I not related to you from that time and declared it?
And you are My  ¹witnesses. Is there a God besides Me?
Or is there any other Rock? I do not know of any.

All those who make idols are a waste.
And the things they delight in will not profit them.
And those who are witnesses for them do not see,
And they do not know, that they may be put to shame.

Who has formed a god or cast an idol
That is of no profit?

Indeed, all those joined to him will be put to shame,
For the craftsmen are only men.
Let all of them be gathered together, let them stand up;
Let them be afraid and be put to shame together.

The ironsmith  ¹sharpens a cutting tool,
And works over the coals,
And forms  ²the idol with hammers,
And he works it with the strength of his arm.
Yet he becomes hungry and has no strength;
If he does not drink water, he faints.

The carpenter stretches out a line;
He marks it out with a marking tool;
He works it with planes,
And marks it with a compass.
He makes it according to the likeness of a man,
Like the beautiful appearance of man, to dwell in a house.

Someone prepares to cut down cedars for himself,
Or he takes a cypress or an oak;
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest;
He plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it.

It is also something for a man to burn;
He takes one of them and warms himself;
He even kindles a fire and bakes bread.
With the same he also makes a god and worships it;
He makes it into a graven image and bows down before it.

Half of it he burns in a fire;
Over this half he eats flesh,
And he roasts a roast and is satisfied.
He also warms himself and says, Ha!
I am warm, I have seen fire.

The rest of it he makes into a god, into his idol;
He bows down to it and worships it
And prays to it and says,
Deliver me, for you are my god.

They do not know, and they do not understand,
For He has covered their eyes so that they cannot see,
And their minds so that they cannot understand.

And no one considers in his heart,
And there is no knowledge or understanding to say,
I have burned half of it in the fire,
And I have even baked bread over its coals;
I have roasted flesh and eaten it.
Then shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?

He feeds on ashes;
A deceived heart has led him astray;
And he cannot deliver his soul;
Nor does he say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?

Remember these things, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My  ¹servant.
I have formed you; you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.

I have wiped away, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return unto Me, for I have redeemed you.

Sing for joy, O heavens, for Jehovah has accomplished it.
Shout, O lower parts of the earth;
Break forth with singing, O mountains,
The forest and every tree in it;
For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob
And is  ¹glorified in Israel.

Thus says Jehovah who redeemed you
And formed you from the womb,
I am Jehovah who makes all things,
Who alone stretches out the heavens,
Who spread out the earth (Who was with Me?);

Who frustrates the signs of liars,
And makes fools of the diviners;
Who turns back the wise men,
And makes their knowledge foolish;

Who confirms the word of His servant,
And fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, She will be inhabited,
And to the cities of Judah, They will be built,
And I will raise up their ruins;

Who says to the depths, Be dried up,
And I will dry up your rivers;

Who says to Cyrus, He is My  ¹shepherd,
And he will fulfill all My desire,
Even by saying of Jerusalem, She will be built,
And of the temple, Her foundations will be laid.

Thus says Jehovah to His anointed,
To  ¹Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped,
To subdue the nations before him;
And I will loosen the loins of kings;
To open before him double doors
So that the gates will not be shut:

I will go before you
And make level the rough places;
I will shatter the doors of bronze
And cut through the bars of iron,

And give to you the treasures of darkness
And the hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I am Jehovah, who calls you by your name,
The God of Israel.

For the sake of My servant, Jacob,
And Israel, My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have surnamed you, although you do not know Me.

I am Jehovah and there is no one else;
Besides Me there is no God;
I girded you, although you do not know Me;

That they might know from the rising of the sun and from the west
That there is no one besides Me.
I am Jehovah and there is no one else;

He who forms the light and creates darkness,
He who makes peace and creates evil,
I am Jehovah who makes all these things.

Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds  ¹flow down righteousness;
Let the earth  ¹open
And bring forth salvation and righteousness;
Let them spring forth together;
I, Jehovah, have created it.

Woe to him who strives with the One who formed him —
The potsherds among the earthen potsherds.
Shall the clay say to the One who forms it, What are You making?
And your work say, He has no hands?

Woe to him who says to his father, What are you begetting?
Or to a woman, What are you bringing forth?

Thus says Jehovah,
The Holy One of Israel and the One who formed him,
Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons,
And concerning the work of My hands, command Me.

I have made the earth,
And created man upon it;
My own hands stretched out the heavens,
And I commanded all of their host.

I raised  ¹him up in righteousness,
And will make straight all his ways;
He will build My city,
And send away My captives,
Neither for a price nor for a reward,
Says Jehovah of hosts.

Thus says Jehovah,
The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of  ¹Cush,
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will pass to you and will be yours.
They will walk behind you; they will come over in chains
And bow down to you and petition you, saying,
Surely God is with you, and there is no one else;
There is no other God.

Surely You are a God who hides Himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.

All of them will be ashamed and even confounded;
Those who make idols go in confusion together.

Israel has been saved by Jehovah
With an eternal salvation;
You will not be ashamed or confounded
Forever and ever.

For thus says Jehovah,
Who created the heavens —
He is the God
Who formed the earth and made it;
He established it;
He did not create it  ¹waste,
But He formed it to be inhabited:
I am Jehovah and there is no one else;

I have not spoken in secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
Seek Me in vain.
I, Jehovah, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are right.

Gather yourselves together and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
Those who set up their wooden idol
And pray unto a god who cannot save
Have no knowledge.

Declare and present your case;
Indeed, let them take counsel together.
Who related this long ago;
Who declared it from that time?
Was it not I, Jehovah?
And there is no other God besides Me;
A righteous God and Savior,
And there is no one except Me.

Turn to Me and be saved,
All the ends of the earth,
For I am God and there is no one else.

I have sworn by Myself;
A word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness
And will not return,
That every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall swear.

It shall be said of Me, Only in Jehovah
Is there  ¹righteousness and  ¹strength.
To Him shall men come,
And all those who are burning in anger against Him shall be ashamed.

In Jehovah all the seed of Israel
Shall be  ¹justified and shall glory.