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Isaiah 43:1
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But now thus says the LORD who created you, Ya`akov, and he who formed you, Yisra'el: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
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Isaiah 43:2
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When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you.
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Isaiah 43:3
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For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Yisra'el, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Kush and Seva in your place.
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Isaiah 43:4
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Since you have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life.
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Isaiah 43:5
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Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;
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Isaiah 43:6
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I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Don't keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
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Isaiah 43:7
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everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
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Isaiah 43:8
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Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
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Isaiah 43:9
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Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
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Isaiah 43:10
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You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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Isaiah 43:11
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I, even I, am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.
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Isaiah 43:12
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I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says the LORD, and I am God.
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Isaiah 43:13
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Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
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Isaiah 43:14
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Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra'el: For your sake I have sent to Bavel, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Kasdim, in the ships of their rejoicing.
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Isaiah 43:15
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I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Yisra'el, your King.
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Isaiah 43:16
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Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
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Isaiah 43:17
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who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
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Isaiah 43:18
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Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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Isaiah 43:19
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Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
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Isaiah 43:20
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The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
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Isaiah 43:21
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the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
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Isaiah 43:22
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Yet you have not called on me, Ya`akov; but you have been weary of me, Yisra'el.
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Isaiah 43:23
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You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
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Isaiah 43:24
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You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
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Isaiah 43:25
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I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
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Isaiah 43:26
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Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified.
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Isaiah 43:27
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Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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Isaiah 43:28
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Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Ya`akov a curse, and Yisra'el a reviling.
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