Isaiah 43:14

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Summary

Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

For

Nobles

Isaiah 45:2

Whose cry

Ezekiel 27:29

Revelation 18:11

Bible References

For

I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR. Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you. Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you.

I am Jehovah, your savior. I am the one who created you. I am Jehovah, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens! No one helped me when I made the earth (I was by myself) (Who was with me?).

This is WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS ABOUT CYRUS, his anointed one: I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him; that he could strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.

Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say: 'Babylon has been captured. Bel has been put to shame. Marduk has been shattered! Her images have been put to shame and her idols have been shattered.'

Jehovah says: I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylon and its people.

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her.

Nobles

I will go ahead of you, Cyrus. I will smooth out the rough places. I will break down the copper doors and cut through the iron bars.

Whose cry

All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more.