Isaiah 43:16-Isaiah 44:5 - Despite The People Of Israel's Past Sin, The Lord Will Forgive Them
16 Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters, 17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and mighty one. Together they lie down; they cannot rise. They are extinguished, quenched like wick. 18 "You must not remember [the] former things, and you not must consider [the] former things. 19 Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert. 20 The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and daughters of [the] ostrich, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert, to give a drink [to] my chosen people, 21 this people whom I formed for myself, so they might {make known} my praise.
22 But you did not call me, Jacob; for you have become weary of me, Israel. 23 You have not brought me your sheep for a burnt offering nor honored me [with] your sacrifice. I have not made you serve with offerings, nor have I made you weary with frankincense. 24 You have not bought me spice reed with money or satisfied me [with] the fat of sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have made me weary with your iniquities.
25 I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember your sins. 26 Take me to court; let us enter into judgment together. You, {make an account} so that you may be in the right. 27 Your first ancestor sinned, and your {representatives} transgressed against me. 28 And I profaned [the] princes of [the] sanctuary, and I gave Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reviling.
1 "But now hear, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 Thus says Yahweh, who made you, and who formed you in [the] womb and will help you: you must not fear, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour out water on a thirsty [land] and streams on dry ground. I will pour my spirit out on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring. 4 And they shall sprout {among} [the] grass like willows by a watercourse of water. 5 This [one] will say, 'I belong to Yahweh!' And that [one] will be called by the name of Jacob, and another will write [on] his hand 'Yahweh's' and {take the name} of Israel."