Isaiah 43, Put me in remembrance: let us plead together

Isaiah 43 Book of Isaiah

Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

2 When 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.

3 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9 Let 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 let them hear, and say, It is truth.

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

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

14 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.

In this verse He tells us that no matter how many enemies you have, they won't brother you because He will destroy them.
Redeemer = Kinsman, Redeemer
Exodus 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage
Their nobles = all of them in flight
Whose cry is in the ships = the ships which resound with loud out cries.
Numbers 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

God is your goal. It is His prerogative to pick your debts at anytime and in anyway He wishes.
How fortunate can a person get? Your nearest and closest relative is the One who owns all things! How long will you suffer with your little earthly worries? He is our Father and He is our King. Let's give Him the respect He deserves.

16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Maketh a way in the sea reference to Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Exodus 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

17 Which 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.

Together: or, at once.
Tow = for the wick made of it.

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

But, do you remember that He was able to part the Red Sea? Or the walls that fell at Jericho? What about the overthrow of Satan that necessitated this earth age? Do we need to ask if He is able? I think not!

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

A new thing = The future deliverance of Israel will be with greater marvels than at the Exodus.
He makes a way for His threshing instrument to bring His Word forth. He has made a way for a small voice, even in the wilderness of this country, to bring forth His Truth to all who will hear. What a blessing He has given us.

20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

He feed them. When all seem lost in the honeycombs of Babylon in the these end times. He sends forth rivers of the Living Water to quench the parched throats. He doesn't let His family down! How small man is when you step back and realize that God, with all of His power, is your nearest relative and He loves you so very much.
Goal is of election. It is two sided and you can take it or not. If you hear His Words and see His Truth count yourself beloved of Him, for your Kinsman will feed you well so that you may accomplish what He would have you do.
I give waters refers to Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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

This People, For Israel (as Birks puts it) "is the keystone of the whole arch of promise"

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

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

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

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

Transgressions = rebellions
For Mine own sake. He does not go out of Himself for the reason which flows from grace.
Will not remember = He remembers our infirmities (which man forgets. Ps 103:14), but will forget our sins (which man remembers).
Remember. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.

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

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together, talk to God and ask for His guideness.

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

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

Princes = priests, whose great duty was to "teach" the people the Law and Word of God
Jacob . . . Israel. Including the whole Nation: the subject of this prophecy concerning God's "servant".

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

• The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25