Israel’s Only Savior
Now this is what the LORD says— Psa 100:3Isa 43:7Zec 13:9Isa 54:4-5Tit 2:14Rev 5:9Isa 45:3-4Eph 2:10
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!
When you pass through the waters, Isa 41:10Jos 1:9Psa 66:12Psa 23:4Dan 3:25-272Co 12:9-10Psa 91:151Pe 4:12-13
I will be with you;
and when you go through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be scorched;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the LORD your God, Isa 60:16Isa 45:152Ch 14:9-14Isa 49:26Exo 20:2Pro 21:18Isa 45:21Jud 1:25
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I give Egypt for your ransom,
Cush 1and Seba in your place.
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, Deu 7:6-81Pe 2:9Jer 31:3Rev 3:9Gen 12:2Hos 11:1Jhn 16:27Deu 32:9-14
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; Deu 30:3Luk 13:29Ezk 39:25-29Isa 49:12Isa 44:2Isa 60:1-11Act 18:9-10Ezk 36:24-27
I will bring your offspring from the east
and gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ 2Co 6:17-18Jer 3:14Jer 3:18-19Gal 3:26-29Hos 1:10-11Rom 9:7-8Isa 18:7Psa 107:3
and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, Eph 2:10Isa 43:21Eph 1:121Pe 2:9Rom 9:23Isa 62:2-5Isa 43:1Psa 100:3
whom I have indeed formed and made.”
Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, Isa 6:9Ezk 12:22Co 4:4-6Deu 29:2-4Isa 42:18-20Jer 5:21Isa 44:18-20
and who have ears but are deaf.
All the nations gather together Isa 44:7-9Isa 46:10Isa 41:21-26Isa 41:1Isa 43:26Jol 3:11Psa 50:11Ki 18:21-24
and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
and proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them,
so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, Isa 41:4Isa 45:6Isa 46:8-9Isa 43:12Act 1:8Isa 40:21-22Isa 44:6-8Php 2:7
“and My servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may consider and believe Me
and understand that I am He.
Before Me no god was formed,
and after Me none will come.
I, yes I, am the LORD, Hos 13:4Isa 44:6Isa 43:3Isa 45:21-22Act 4:12Rev 7:10-12Isa 12:2Deu 6:4
and there is no Savior but Me.
I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— Deu 32:12Isa 44:8Psa 81:9-10Isa 43:10Isa 37:20Isa 37:7Isa 46:9-10Isa 48:4-7
I, and not some foreign god among you.
So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“that I am God.
Even from eternity I am He, Isa 14:27Isa 46:10Psa 90:2Heb 13:8Jhn 8:581Ti 1:17Deu 32:39Job 9:12
and none can deliver out of My hand.
When I act, who can reverse it?”
A Way in the Wilderness
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, Isa 23:13Isa 44:6Jer 51:24Isa 44:24Ezk 27:29-36Isa 43:1Isa 43:3-4Isa 54:5-8
the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake, I will send to Babylon
and bring them all as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans, 2
in the ships in which they rejoice.
I am the LORD, your Holy One, Hab 1:12Isa 43:1Isa 48:17Jer 51:5Mat 25:34Psa 74:12Rev 3:7Isa 30:11
the Creator of Israel, and your King.”
Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea Isa 43:2Isa 51:10Psa 77:19Jer 31:35Isa 51:15Isa 63:11-13Neh 9:11Psa 106:9
and a path through the surging waters,
who brings out the chariots and horses, Exo 14:4-9Isa 1:31Ezk 38:8-18Psa 118:12Psa 76:5-6Rev 20:8-9Exo 14:23-28Exo 15:4
the armies and warriors together,
to lie down, never to rise again;
to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
“Do not call to mind the former things; Isa 65:172Co 3:101Ch 16:12Deu 8:2Isa 46:9Jer 16:14-15Deu 7:18Jer 23:7-8
pay no attention to the things of old.
Behold, I am about to do something new; Isa 48:6Isa 42:92Co 5:17Rev 21:5Isa 41:18Luk 3:4-5Isa 35:6-10Jer 31:22
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
The beasts of the field will honor Me, Isa 41:17Isa 48:21Isa 49:101Pe 2:9Isa 13:22Jhn 4:14Rev 17:141Ch 16:13
the jackals 3and the ostriches, 4
because I provide water in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.
The people I formed for Myself 1Pe 2:9Heb 13:151Co 6:19-20Psa 102:18Luk 1:74-751Co 10:31Isa 61:3Col 1:16
will declare My praise.
Israel’s Unfaithfulness
(Judges 2:10–15; Jeremiah 2:23–37)
But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, Mic 6:3Mal 3:14Mal 1:13Jas 4:2-3Jer 10:25Dan 9:13Hos 14:1-2Hos 7:10-14
because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, Amo 5:25Zec 7:5-6Amo 5:21-22Isa 66:3Jer 7:22Lev 2:1Mal 1:13-14Mal 1:6-8
nor honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with frankincense.
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, Isa 7:13Jer 6:20Isa 1:14Ezk 6:9Isa 63:10Mal 2:13-17Psa 50:9-13Psa 95:10
nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened Me with your sins;
you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
I, yes I, am He Heb 8:12Mic 7:18-19Heb 10:17Jer 31:34Isa 1:18Isa 44:22Psa 25:7Psa 79:8-9
who blots out your transgressions for My own sake
and remembers your sins no more.
Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. Isa 1:18Isa 43:9Rom 8:33Psa 141:2Jer 2:21-35Isa 41:1Job 40:7-8Rom 10:3
State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
Your first father sinned, Isa 28:7Jer 5:31Ezk 16:3Ezk 22:25-28Lam 4:13-14Act 5:17-18Act 7:51Hos 4:6
and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, Jer 24:9Isa 65:15Zec 8:131Th 2:16Deu 28:15-20Isa 47:6Lam 2:2Psa 79:4
and I will devote Jacob to destruction 5and Israel to reproach.”