Isaiah 43:14

¹² I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

¹³ Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

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,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, 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.
WEB: The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
ASV: Thus saith Jehovah, your 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, in the ships of their rejoicing.
DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
BLB: Thus says YHWH, your⁺ Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your⁺ sake I will send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, and the Chaldeans in the ships of their rejoicing.

ÅB: Så sier Herren, deres gjenløser, Israels Hellige: For deres skyld sender jeg bud til Babel og lar dem alle sammen flykte nedover elven, jeg lar kaldeerne flykte på de skip som var deres lyst.
OTB: Dette er hva Herren erklærer— din Forløser, Israels Hellige: “For din skyld har jeg sendt til Babylon og vil føre dem alle ned som flyktninger, selv kaldeerne, i skipene de gledet seg over.
B1930: Så sier Herren, eders gjenløser, Israels Hellige: For eders skyld sender jeg bud til Babel og lar dem alle sammen flykte nedover elven, jeg lar kaldeerne flykte på de skib som var deres lyst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
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Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 23:13
Look at the land of the Chaldeans — a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
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Isaiah 44:24–45:5
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
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Revelation 18:11–21
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
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Ezekiel 27:29–36
All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
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Jeremiah 51:1–11
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
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Isaiah 43:1
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
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