Isaiah 43:3

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Literal

For I, YHWH, am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

Latin

Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, Sanctus Israël, salvator tuus, dedi propitiationem tuam Ægyptum, Æthopiam, et Saba, pro te.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Isaiah 43:1–7

In this promise of salvation, the Lord spoke directly to his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The Holy One of Israel

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 60:16
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 45:15
Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
Isaiah 49:26
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
2 Chronicles 14:9–14
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Proverbs 21:18
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
Isaiah 45:21
Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Titus 3:4–6
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
Jude 1:25
…to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Cush: Ancient region in Africa; associated with Egypt and Babylon Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Seba: Kingdom mentioned in prophetic and poetic texts

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Courts and Trials Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom Salvation Seba

Topics

Church: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Ethiopia: Desolation of God: Love of, Exemplified God: Saviour Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Promises Ultimate Restoration of the Jews Sabeans: A People Who Invaded the Land of Uz Sabeans: Prophecies Concerning Seba: A Region in Ethiopia The Love of God: Exhibited in Redemption The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God was Established On: The Right of Redemption

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