Israel’s Only Savior
1But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.+ 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.+ 3For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.+ 4Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.+ 5Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;+ 6I 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;+ 7every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.+ 8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.+ 9Let 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.+ 10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.+ 11I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.+ 12I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.+ 13Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?+A Way in the Wilderness
14Thus 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.+ 15I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.+ 16Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;+ 17who bringeth 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):+ 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.+ 19Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.+ 20The beasts 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,+ 21the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.+Israel’s Unfaithfulness
Judges 2:10–15; Jeremiah 2:23–37
22Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.+ 23Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.+ 24Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.+ 25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.+ 26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.+ 27Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.+ 28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.+