[1] He shall cause judgment to go forth unto
truth.--_Kay._
[2] Now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will desolate and
swallow up at once.--_Kay._
XLIII.--1. But now thus saith Jehovah thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy
Former, O Israel! Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called
thee by thy name, thou art Mine. 2. When thou goest through the
water, I am with thee; and through rivers, they shall not drown thee:
when thou goest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; and the
flame shall not set thee on fire. 3. For I Jehovah am thy God; (I)
the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I give up Egypt as a ransom for
thee, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4. Because thou art dear in my
eyes, highly esteemed, and I loved thee; I give up men in thy stead,
and peoples for thy life.
5. Fear not, for I am with thee: I bring thy seed from the east, and
from the west will I gather thee; 6. I will say to the north, Give
up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring My sons from far, and My
daughters from the end of the earth; 7. everything that is called by
My name, and I have created for My glory, that I have formed, yea
finished!
8. Bring out a blind people, and it has eyes: and deaf people, and
yet furnished with ears! 9. All ye hearken, gather yourselves
together, and let peoples assemble! Who among you can proclaim such a
thing? And let them cause former things to be heard, appoint their
witnesses, and be justified. Let these hear, and say, True! 10. Ye
are My witnesses, saith Jehovah, and My servant whom I have chosen;
that ye may know and believe Me, and see that it is I: before Me was
no God formed, and there will be none after Me.
11. I, I am Jehovah; and beside me there is no Saviour. 12. I,[1] I
have proclaimed and brought salvation, and given to perceive, and
there was no other God among you: and ye are My witnesses, saith
Jehovah, and I am God. 13. Even from the day onwards I am so; and
here is no deliverer out of My hand; I act, and who can turn it back?