43:25. I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
43:26. Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
43:27. Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
43:28. And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.
Isaias Chapter 44
God’s favour to his church. The folly of idolatry. The people shall be delivered from captivity.
44:1. And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
44:2. Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
44:3. For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
44:4. And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.