Focused Passage

Isaiah 43:14-21

Fear Not, I Have Redeemed You

Isaiah 43 moves from the LORD’s direct assurance to Jacob-Israel that they must not fear because He has created, formed, redeemed, called, and claimed them, to His promise to gather His sons and daughters from the ends of the earth, to a courtroom summons where Israel serves as the LORD’s witness against the nations and idols, to the announcement of a new exodus surpassing the old, and finally to the LORD’s indictment that Israel has burdened Him with sin even as He promises to blot out transgressions for His own sake.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

17 who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

20 The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

21 The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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References and Original Words

Verse 14

Original words

Thus כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb says אָמַ֧ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your Redeemer גֹּאַלְכֶ֖ם H1350 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural the Holy קְד֣וֹשׁ H6918 Adjective - masculine singular construct One of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular For your sake לְמַעַנְכֶ֞ם H4616 Preposition | second person masculine plural I will send שִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי H7971 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular to Babylon בָבֶ֗לָה H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular and bring them וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י H3381 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular all כֻּלָּ֔ם H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural as fugitives בָֽרִיחִים֙ H1281 Noun - masculine plural even the Chaldeans וְכַשְׂדִּ֖ים H3778 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural in the ships בָּאֳנִיּ֥וֹת H591 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural in which they rejoice רִנָּתָֽם׃ H7440 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • That is, the Babylonians
Verse 15

Original words

I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your Holy One קְדֽוֹשְׁכֶ֑ם H6918 Adjective - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural the Creator בּוֹרֵ֥א H1254 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular [and] your King מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ס H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 16

Original words

Thus כֹּ֚ה H3541 Adverb says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular who makes הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן H5414 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a way דָּ֑רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular in the sea בַּיָּ֖ם H3220 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and a path נְתִיבָֽה׃ H5410 Noun - feminine singular through the surging עַזִּ֖ים H5794 Adjective - masculine plural waters וּבְמַ֥יִם H4325 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 17

Original words

who brings out הַמּוֹצִ֥יא H3318 Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the chariots רֶֽכֶב־ H7393 Noun - masculine singular and horses וָס֖וּס H5483 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular the armies חַ֣יִל H2428 Noun - masculine singular and warriors וְעִזּ֑וּז H5808 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular together יַחְדָּ֤ו H3162 Adverb to lie down יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙ H7901 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural never בַּל־ H1077 Adverb to rise again יָק֔וּמוּ H6965 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to be extinguished דָּעֲכ֖וּ H1846 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural snuffed out כָבֽוּ׃ H3518 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural like a wick כַּפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה H6594 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 18

Original words

Do not אַֽל־ H408 Adverb call to mind תִּזְכְּר֖וּ H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the former things רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹת H7223 Adjective - feminine plural pay no אַל־ H408 Adverb attention תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ׃ H995 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural to the things of old וְקַדְמֹנִיּ֖וֹת H6931 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine plural
Verse 19

Original words

Behold הִנְנִ֨י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular I am about to do עֹשֶׂ֤ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular something new חֲדָשָׁה֙ H2319 Adjective - feminine singular even now עַתָּ֣ה H6258 Adverb it is coming תִצְמָ֔ח H6779 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Do you not הֲל֖וֹא H3808 Adverb - Negative particle see it תֵֽדָע֑וּהָ H3045 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person feminine singular Indeed אַ֣ף H637 Conjunction I will make אָשִׂ֤ים H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular a way דֶּ֔רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ H4057 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular [and] streams נְהָרֽוֹת׃ H5104 Noun - masculine plural in the desert בִּֽישִׁמ֖וֹן H3452 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 20

Original words

The beasts חַיַּ֣ת H2416 Noun - feminine singular construct of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה H7704 Article | Noun - masculine singular will honor Me תְּכַבְּדֵ֙נִי֙ H3513 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular the jackals תַּנִּ֖ים H8577 Noun - common plural and וּבְנ֣וֹת H1323 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct the ostriches יַֽעֲנָ֑ה H3284 Noun - feminine singular because כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I provide נָתַ֨תִּי H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular water מַ֗יִם H4325 Noun - masculine plural in the wilderness בַמִּדְבָּ֜ר H4057 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular [and] rivers נְהָרוֹת֙ H5104 Noun - masculine plural in the desert בִּֽישִׁימֹ֔ן H3452 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular to give drink לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת H8248 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct to My chosen בְחִירִֽי׃ H972 Adjective - masculine singular construct | first person common singular people עַמִּ֥י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

  • Or serpents or dragons
  • Literally and daughters of an ostrich or and daughters of an owl
Verse 21

Original words

The people עַם־ H5971 Noun - masculine singular . . . זוּ֙ H2098 Pronoun - relative I formed יָצַ֣רְתִּי H3335 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular for Myself לִ֔י Preposition | first person common singular will declare יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃ס H5608 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural My praise תְּהִלָּתִ֖י H8416 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

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