43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 1 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 2 in place of you.
43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,
“my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may consider 3 and believe in me,
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and none will outlive me. 4
1 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
2 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.
3 tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”