Self-interpreting Bible

1 BUT now thus saith the LORD ^athat created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O ^bIsrael, ^cFear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have ^dcalled thee by thy name; thou art mine.

• a: Je. 33:24 - 26 , Is. 43:7 , Zec. 12:1 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , De. 32:6 , De. 4:20 , De. 4:39 , Is. 44:1 , Is. 44:2 , Is. 41:14 , Is. 41:16 , Ex. 33:17
• b: Ro. 9:6 , Ro. 11:7 , Ro. 2:28 , Ro. 2:29 , 1Pe. 2:9 , Is. 62:12
• c: Is. 41:10 , Is. 41:13 , Is. 44:22 , Is. 44:23 , Is. 48:17 , Is. 49:26
• d: Is. 45:3 , Is. 45:4 , Is. 48:12 , Is. 55:5 , 1Co. 1:9 , 2Ti. 1:9 , 1Pe. 2:9

2 ^eWhen 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.

• e: Ps. 66:10 - 12 , Ac. 27:20 - 25 , Am. 3:2 , Am. 9:8 - 10 , Mal. 3:2 , Mal. 3:3 , Je. 30:11 , Is. 1:9 , Is. 1:25 , Is. 1:27 , Is. 6:13 , Is. 10:22 , Is. 17:6 , Is. 27:8 , Is. 27:9 , 1Co. 10:13 , 2Co. 12:9 , De. 33:25 , De. 32:36 , Ps. 91:3 , Ps. 124:2 , Ps. 124:3 , Mat. 16:18 , Jn. 16:33 , Da. 3:21 , Da. 3:25 , Da. 3:27 , Zec. 13:9 , 1Pe. 1:7

3 For I am the LORD thy God, ^fthe Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: ^gI gave ^hEgypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

• f: Is. 41:14 , Is. 49:26 , Is. 60:16
• g: Exodus 7 - 14 , 2Ch. 14:9 - 14 , Isaiah 18 - 20 , Is. 37:9 , Pr. 11:18 , Pr. 21:18
• h: Ps. 68:31

4 Since thou wast ⁱprecious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy ¹life.

• i: De. 7:6 - 8 , De. 4:7 , De. 4:37 , Je. 31:2 , Mal. 1:2 , Mal. 3:17
• 1: Or, person.

5 ^jFear not: for I am with thee: ^kI will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

• j: Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 41:10 , Is. 41:13 , Is. 41:14 , Is. 44:2 , Je. 30:10 , Je. 46:27 , Is. 43:1
• k: De. 30:3 , De. 30:4 , Ps. 106:47 , Ps. 107:3 , Zec. 8:7 , Zec. 10:10 , Ps. 72:16 , Ps. 72:17 , Ps. 87:3 , Ps. 87:4 , Is. 11:11 , Is. 11:12 , Is. 66:19 , Is. 27:12 , Is. 27:13 , Is. 49:12 , Je. 29:14 , Je. 30:18 , Je. 31:8 , Je. 31:9 , Mi. 2:12 , Is. 60:1 - 11 , Is. 55:5 , Is. 54:2 , Is. 54:3 , Is. 49:18 - 23 , Is. 45:6 , Ge. 49:10 , Mat. 24:31 , Mat. 8:11 , Jn. 6:37 , Jn. 10:16 , Jn. 11:51 , Re. 11:15

6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: ^lbring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

• l: Is. 18:7 , Ja. 2:7

7 Even every one ^mthat is called by my name: for I have ⁿcreated him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

• m: Is. 63:19 , Is. 65:1
• n: Is. 43:1 , Ps. 100:3 , Is. 29:23 , Is. 60:21 , Jn. 3:3 , Jn. 3:5 , 2Co. 4:6 , 2Co. 5:17 , Ep. 2:10 , Tit. 3:5 - 7 , 1Pe. 1:3 , 1Pe. 1:23 , 1Pe. 2:9 , Ep. 1:5 , Ep. 1:6

8 ¶Bring forth ^othe blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

• o: Is. 42:19 , Is. 6:9 , Is. 6:10 , Eze. 12:2 , Ps. 115:5 , Ps. 115:6 , Ps. 115:8 , Je. 4:22 , Je. 5:21

9 ^pLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or ^qlet them hear, and say, It is truth.

• p: Is. 41:21 - 26 , Is. 44:7 , Is. 45:21 , Is. 48:14 , Is. 46:10
• q: Is. 43:10 - 12 , Is. 43:15 , Pr. 23:23 , Pr. 23:26 , vs. 3 , Jn. 8:32

10 Ye are my ^rwitnesses, saith the LORD, and ^smy servant whom I have chosen: that ^tye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: ^ubefore me there was ²no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

• r: Is. 44:8 , Jos. 24:22 , Jos. 24:27 , Ac. 10:39 , Ac. 1:8 , Jn. 1:7
• s: Phi. 2:7 , Is. 41:8 , Is. 44:1 , Is. 44:26 , Is. 42:1 , Is. 42:19 , Is. 55:4 , Mal. 3:2 , Re. 1:5 , Re. 3:14
• t: Jn. 20:31 , 1Jn. 5:10 , Ro. 10:10 , 2Co. 4:13
• u: Col. 1:17 , Is. 41:4 , Is. 44:6 , Is. 44:8 , Is. 48:12
• 2: Or, nothing formed of God.

11 I, even I, ^vam the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

• v: Is. 45:15 , Is. 45:21 , Is. 45:22 , Is. 60:16 , Is. 49:26 , Is. 45:17 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 130:8 , 1Ti. 4:10 , De. 6:4 , Ho. 13:4 , Ps. 83:18 , Ps. 86:10 , Ac. 4:12

12 ^wI have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, ^xwhen there was no ^*strange god among you: ^ytherefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

• w: Is. 37:7 , Is. 37:35 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 46:10
• x: De. 32:12 , De. 32:16 , Ps. 16:4 , Is. 42:8
• *: strange-foreign.
• y: Is. 43:10

13 Yea, ^zbefore the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall ^a3let it?

• z: Jn. 8:58 , Ps. 90:2 , Is. 46:3 , Is. 46:4 , Pr. 8:23 - 30 , Mi. 5:2 , Is. 9:6 , He. 7:25 , Ge. 18:14 , Je. 32:17 , Mat. 19:26
• a: Job 9:12 , Pr. 21:30 , Is. 14:27 , Is. 46:10 , Da. 4:35
• 3: Heb. turn it back?

14 ¶Thus saith the LORD, ^byour redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; ^cFor your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their ⁴nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

• b: Is. 44:6 , Is. 44:24 , Is. 48:17 , Is. 63:16
• c: Is. 43:3 , Is. 43:4 , Is. 44:28 , Is. 48:1 - 4 , Is. 21:1 - 10 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Lu. 18:7 , Re. 18:11
• 4: Heb. bars.

15 ^dI am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

• d: Ex. 20:2 , Is. 42:8 , Is. 41:14 , Is. 41:16 , Is. 41:17 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:20 , Is. 6:1 , Is. 6:3 , Is. 6:5 , Is. 33:22 , Is. 57:15 , Ps. 74:12 , Hab. 1:12

16 Thus saith the LORD, which ^emaketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

• e: Ex. 14:16 , Ex. 14:21 , Ex. 14:22 , Jos. 3:13 , Jos. 3:16 , Jos. 3:17 , Is. 51:10 , Is. 63:11 - 13 , Ps. 74:13 , Ps. 74:15 , Ps. 66:6 , Ps. 78:13 , Ps. 77:19 , Ps. 136:13 - 15 , Ps. 114:3 , Ps. 114:5 , Ne. 9:11

17 ^fWhich bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as ^*tow.

• f: Ex. 14:4 - 9 , Ex. 14:17 , Ex. 14:23 , Ex. 14:25 , Ex. 15:4 , Ps. 46:9 , Ps. 76:5 , Ps. 76:6 , Is. 14:21 , Is. 14:22 , Is. 1:31
• *: tow-coarse fibres of flax or hemp used for spinning.

18 ¶Remember ye not ^gthe former things, neither consider the things of old.

• g: Is. 42:9 , Is. 41:22 , Is. 46:9 , Psalms 105 , Psalms 136 , Psalms 78 , Je. 16:14 , Je. 16:15 , Je. 3:16 , Je. 23:7

19 Behold, I will do a ^hnew thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I ⁱwill even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

• h: Je. 31:22 , Is. 7:14 , Is. 42:9 , Is. 65:17 , Je. 31:31 , Eze. 36:26 , Jn. 14:12 , Ep. 3:9
• i: Is. 35:6 , Is. 35:8 , Is. 40:3 , Is. 40:4 , Is. 41:18 , Is. 48:20 , Is. 48:21 , Is. 32:15 , Is. 32:16 , Ex. 17:6

20 ^jThe beast of the field shall honour me, the ^*dragons and the ⁵owls: because ^kI give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

• j: Mat. 15:26 , Ep. 2:12 , Ep. 2:13 , Is. 11:6 - 10 , Is. 35:9 , Is. 42:1 , Is. 42:10 , Is. 42:11 , Ps. 117:1 , Ps. 117:2 , Tit. 3:3 , Tit. 3:5 , 1Co. 6:9 - 11 , Mar. 16:15 , Ac. 13:46
• *: dragons-serpents.
• 5: Or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl.
• k: Is. 35:6 , Is. 41:17 , Is. 41:18 , Is. 48:21 , 3:18 , Re. 22:1 , Re. 22:17 , Re. 7:17 , Ex. 17:6

21 ^lThis people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

• l: Lu. 1:74 , Lu. 1:75 , Ps. 102:18 , 1Pe. 2:9 , Ep. 1:6 , Ep. 1:12 , Ep. 2:7 , Ep. 3:21 , Ep. 4:11 , Is. 60:21 , Is. 62:3 , Is. 61:3 , 1Co. 6:19 , 1Co. 6:20 , 1Co. 10:31

22 ¶^mBut thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

• m: Ps. 79:6 , Je. 10:25 , Da. 9:13 , Mal. 1:13 , Ga. 4:24 , He. 2:15 , Mi. 6:3

23 ⁿThou hast not brought me the ⁶small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. ^oI have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

• n: Am. 5:25 , Mal. 1:13 , Mal. 1:14 , Mal. 3:8 , Is. 1:11 - 15 , Is. 66:3 , Mi. 6:6 , Mi. 6:7 , Ps. 50:8 , Ho. 5:6 , Ho. 5:7 , Ho. 6:6 , Je. 6:20 , Je. 7:21 , Je. 7:22 , Zec. 7:5 , Zec. 7:6 , Pr. 15:8 , Pr. 21:27
• 6: Heb. lambs or kids.
• o: Mat. 11:30

24 Thou hast bought me no ^psweet cane with money, neither hast thou ⁷filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou ^qhast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

• p: Ex. 30:7 , Ex. 30:8 , Ex. 30:34 , Ex. 30:36 , Le. 3:16 , Le. 4:35
• 7: Heb. made me drunk or abundantly moistened.
• q: Ro. 2:4 , Ro. 2:5 , vs. 4 , Am. 2:13 , Eze. 16:43 , Mal. 2:17 , Is. 1:14

25 I, even I, am he that ^rblotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

• r: Eze. 36:22 , Is. 44:22 , Is. 1:18 , Is. 48:9 , Is. 48:11 , Ps. 51:1 , Col. 1:14 , Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , Je. 50:20 , Je. 31:34 , Je. 33:7 , Je. 33:8 , He. 8:2 , He. 6:7 , Ec. 3:6 , Ps. 102:27 , Ex. 34:6 , Ex. 34:7 , Ps. 25:7 , Ps. 25:11 , Ps. 79:8 , Ps. 86:5 , Ps. 115:1 , Ps. 115:2 , Ro. 3:24 - 26 , 1Co. 1:30 , 2Co. 5:21 , Ac. 3:19

26 ^sPut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

• s: Job 23:4 , Je. 2:29 , Je. 2:35 , Lu. 16:15 , Lu. 18:11 - 14 , Is. 41:21 , Ro. 8:33

27 ^tThy first father hath sinned, and thy ⁸teachers have transgressed against me.

• t: Ro. 5:12 - 19 , 1Co. 15:22 , Ps. 78:8 , Ps. 106:6 , Ps. 106:7 , Je. 3:24 , Je. 3:25 , Eze. 16:2 , 2Ki. 16:10 , 2Ki. 16:11 , 2Ki. 16:16 , Ac. 7:51 , Mal. 2:7 , Mal. 2:8 , Mal. 3:7 , Ezekiel 20 , Ezekiel 13 , Mat. 15:1 - 15
• 8: Heb. interpreters.

28 Therefore I have ^uprofaned the ⁹princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

• u: Is. 47:6 , La. 2:2 , La. 2:6 , La. 2:7 , La. 4:13 , La. 4:14 , Je. 32:32 , Ezekiel 5 - 7 , Zep. 3:11 , Zep. 3:12 , Am. 9:10 , 2 Chronicles 28 , 2 Chronicles 32 , 2 Chronicles 36 , Lu. 21:20 - 24 , 1Th. 2:16
• 9: Or, holy princes.