이사야 Chapter 43

Translation: ESV

1

But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.'

Key Message

God creates us, redeems us, and calls us by name. We belong to God.

▸This is one of the most comforting verses in the entire Bible.

This is one of the most comforting verses in the entire Bible. 'Fear not'—repeated following 41:10. 'I have redeemed you'—a salvation already completed. 'Called you by name'—a personal and intimate calling. 'You are mine'—a declaration of ownership and identity.

Related Verses

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers.
2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Key Message

In God's presence, no trial can overwhelm or consume us.

▸Water and fire—they symbolize the most extreme trials of life.

3

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

Key Message

God personally pays the price to redeem Israel.

▸God introduces himself in three ways: the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

10

'You are my witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.'

Key Message

God's people are called as witnesses to the one unique God.

▸'You are my witnesses'—Israel's mission is to be witnesses.

18

Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.

Key Message

God does a new thing greater than the salvations of the past.

▸Because God is about to do a new thing, he commands them not to cling to the past.

19

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Key Message

God makes a new way even in seemingly impossible situations.

▸'Behold, I am doing a new thing'—this verse proclaims God's new creative act.

25

But you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel.

Key Message

God's salvation is grounded not in human faithfulness but in God's faithfulness.

▸Chapter 43 begins with comfort but ends by confronting Israel's sin.