Yeshayah 43:19-28

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁹ Hineni, I am doing a chadashah (new thing); now titzmach (it shall spring forth; Tzemach); shall ye not perceive it? I will even make a derech in the midbar, and neharot in the desert.

²⁰ The animal of the wild shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give mayim in the midbar, and neharot in the desert, to give drink to My People, My Bachir.

²¹ This people have I formed for Myself; they shall show forth My tehillah (praise).

²² But thou hast not called upon Me, O Ya’akov; but thou hast been weary of Me, O Yisroel.

²³ Thou hast not brought Me the seh (lamb) of thy olot; neither hast thou honored Me with thy zevakhim. I have not caused thee to serve with a minchah, nor wearied thee with levonah (incense, frankincense).

²⁴ Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; but thou hast made Me to serve with thy chattot, thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot.

²⁵ I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy peysha’im for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy chattot.

²⁶ Put Me in remembrance; let us plead together at law; declare thou, lema’an (for the sake of) thou being declared righteous.

²⁷ Avicha HaRishon hath sinned, and thy melitzim (mediators) have rebelled against Me.

²⁸ Therefore I have profaned the Sarei Kodesh, (Holy Princes) and have given Ya’akov to cherem, and Yisroel to giddufim (revilings).