Isaiah 43:3

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“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.”

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Read Isaiah 43:3 in the flow of Isaiah43 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Isaiah43 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For I--Jehovah thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour, I have appointed Egypt thine atonement, Cush and Seba in thy stead.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 43:3 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’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 is in ruins?”
  2. Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  3. 2 Chronicles 14:9Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
  4. Proverbs 11:8The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
  5. Proverbs 21:18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
  6. Isaiah 20:3Then 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,
  7. Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
  8. Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
  9. Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
  10. Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
  11. Isaiah 45:21Speak 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; there is none but Me.
  12. Isaiah 49:26I 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.”
  13. Isaiah 60:16You 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.
  14. Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
  15. Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
  16. Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
  17. Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
  18. Jude 1:25to 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.

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