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Isaiah 43:3 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 43 · verse 3
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.Isaiah 43:3 · King James Version
Isaiah 43:3 in context
1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
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Key words (Strong's)
- EthiopiaKûwshCush , the name of a son of Ham, and of his territoryH3568 →
- Saviouryâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- ransomkôpherproperly, a coverH3724 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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This chapter has a plain connexion with the close of the foregoing chapter, but a very surprising one. It was there said that Jacob and Israel would not walk in God's ways, and that when he corrected them for their disobedience they were stubborn and laid it not to heart;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7