Yesaya 43:3

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.

Yesaya 43:11

43:11 I, I am the Lord,

and there is no deliverer besides me.

Yesaya 43:15

43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, ³ 

the one who created Israel, your king.”

Yesaya 43:21

43:21 the people whom I formed for myself,

so they might praise me.” ⁴ 

Yesaya 49:26

49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;

they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. ⁵ 

Then all humankind ⁶  will recognize that

I am the Lord, your deliverer,

your protector, ⁷  the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ⁸ 

Yesaya 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ⁹ 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ¹⁰  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 63:8

63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,

children who are not disloyal.” ¹² 

He became their deliverer.

[43:3]  ¹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ² sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[43:15]  ³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “[so] they might declare my praise.”

[49:26]  ⁵ sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.

[49:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).

[49:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.

[60:16]  ⁹ sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

[60:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ¹¹ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.

[63:8]  ¹² tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.