Isaiah 43:3 “For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I giv…”

Isaiah 43:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

American Standard Version

For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy ransome, Ethiopia, and Seba for thee.

Darby Translation

For I [am] Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Young's Literal Translation

For I — Jehovah thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour, I have appointed Egypt thine atonement, Cush and Seba in thy stead.

Bible in Basic English

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

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Cross references

“the Holy One”

Isaiah 60:16 Isaiah 45:15 Isaiah 49:26 Isaiah 45:21 Titus 3:4–6 Jude 1:25

Isaiah 60:16 · BSB

You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 45:15 · BSB

Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Isaiah 49:26 · BSB

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 45:21 · BSB

Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; ther…

Titus 3:4–6 · BSB

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

Jude 1:25 · BSB

to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

“I gave”

2 Chronicles 14:9–14 Proverbs 21:18 Proverbs 11:8 Exodus 10:7

2 Chronicles 14:9–14 · BSB

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.

Proverbs 21:18 · BSB

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

Proverbs 11:8 · BSB

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

Exodus 10:7 · BSB

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

Also

Exodus 20:2 Isaiah 20:3

Exodus 20:2 · BSB

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Isaiah 20:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

4Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

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