Isaiah 43:5
3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- KJV
- Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- WEB
- Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
- ASV
- Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- DARBY
- Fear not, for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- BLB
- Do not fear, for I [am] with you; from the east I will bring your seed, and from the west I will gather you.
- ÅB
- Frykt ikke! Jeg er med deg. Fra Østen vil jeg la din slekt komme, og fra Vesten vil jeg samle deg.
- OTB
- Frykt ikke, for jeg er med deg; jeg vil bringe din ætt fra øst og samle deg fra vest.
- B1930
- Frykt ikke! Jeg er med dig. Fra Østen vil jeg la din ætt komme, og fra Vesten vil jeg samle dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
Read in contextLuke 13:29
People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:12
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
Read in contextEzekiel 39:25–29
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:1–11
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:2
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:24–27
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
Read in contextActs 18:9–10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
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