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Isaiah 43:3-4

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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.

43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, 3 

and I love you,

I will hand over people in place of you,

nations in place of your life.

Isaiah 43:14

Context
The Lord Will Do Something New

43:14 This is what the Lord says,

your protector, 4  the Holy One of Israel: 5 

“For your sake I send to Babylon

and make them all fugitives, 6 

turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 7 

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 Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”

4 tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

5 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

6 tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”

7 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.



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