Bible Strands
Isaiah 43:3
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
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Israel in exile, asserting His identity and His claim on them before the crossing home.
The words — מוֹשִׁיעֶ֑ךָ (moshi'ekha), "your deliverer," is the pivot: the root y-sh-ʿ carries the sense of saving from danger, and the suffix binds the act personally to the hearer.
The thread — The title "Savior" (moshi') recurs in Isaiah 45:15 and 60:16, and the exchange of nations for Israel's life is echoed in Isaiah 49:26.
Why it lands — The verse grounds Israel's worth not in their merit but in God's self-identification; the reader is asked to take seriously that being claimed by God is what makes them precious.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 60:16 You 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.
- Isaiah 45:15 Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
- Isaiah 49:26 I 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.”
- Exodus 20:2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
- Proverbs 21:18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
- Isaiah 45:21 Speak 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.
- Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Jude 1:25 to 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.
- Hosea 13:4 Yet 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.