## Targum Jonathan on Isaiah Chapter 43

###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:1
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:1)

וּכְעַן כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ דִבְרָאָךְ יַעֲקֹב וּדְאַתְקְנָךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא תִדְחַל אֲרֵי פְרִיקְתָּךְ רַבִּיתָךְ בִּשְׁמָךְ דִילִי אַתְּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
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 who art mine by thy name.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:2
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:2)

אֲרֵי בְקַדְמֵיתָא כַּד עֲבַרְתּוּן בְיַמָא דְסוּף מֵימְרִי הֲוָה בְּסַעְדְכוֹן פַּרְעֹה וּמִצְרָאֵי דְסַגִיאִין כְּמֵי נַהֲרָא לָא יְכִילוּ לְכוֹן וְאַף בְּתִנְיָנֵיתָא כַּד תַּהֲכוּן לְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא דְתַקִיפוּן כְּאֶשְׁתָּא לָא יִכְלוּן לְכוֹן וּמַלְכְּוָן דַחֲסִינָן כְּשַׁלְהוֹבִיתָא לָא יְשֵׁיצוּן יַתְכוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
For at first when ye did pass the Red Sea my Word was your support. Pharaoh and the Egyptians, who were as many as the waters of the river, did not prevail against you. And again, when ye came amongst nations, who were as mighty as fire, they did not prevail against you; and kingdoms, which were strong as a flame, did not destroy you;


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:3
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:3)

אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ קַדִישָׁא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל פַּרְקָךְ יְהָבֵית חֲלִיפָךְ מִצְרָאֵי כּוּשׁ וּסְבָא תְּחוֹתָךְ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Because I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt in exchange for thee, Ethiopia, and Seba, in thy stead.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:4
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:4)

מִדְאַתְּ חֲבִיב קֳדָמַי אִתְיְקַרְתָּא וַאֲנָא רְחִימְתָּךְ וּמְסַרֵית עַמְמַיָא תְּחוֹתָךְ וּמַלְכְּוָתָא חֲלַף נַפְשָׁךְ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Ever since I loved thee, thou wast precious; yea, I loved thee dearly and I gave nations instead of thee, and kingdoms for thy soul.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:5
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:5)

לָא תִדְחַל אֲרֵי בְסַעְדָךְ מֵימְרִי מִמַדִינְחָא אַיְתִי בְנָךְ וּמִמַעֲרְבָא אֱקָרֵיב גַלְוָתָךְ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Fear not, for my WORD shall be thy support; I will bring thy children from the east, I will bring together thy captivity from the west.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:6
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:6)

אֲמַר לְצִפוּנָא אַיְתָא וּלְדָרוֹמָא לָא תְעַכֵּב אַיְתוּ בָנַי מֵרָחִיק וְגַלְוַת עַמִי מִסְיָפֵי אַרְעָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and the captivity of my people from the ends of the earth.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:7
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:7)

כָּל דָא בְּדִיל אֲבָהַתְכוֹן צַדִיקַיָא דְאִתְקְרֵי שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהוֹן וְלִיקָרִי בְרֵיתִינוּן אַתְקְנִית גַלְוַתְהוֹן אַף עֲבָדֵית לְהוֹן נִסִין:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
All these things shall come to pass for the sake of your righteous fathers, upon whom my name was called, yea, for my glory I have created them. I will restore their captivity, yea, I will work wonders for them.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:8
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:8)

דְאַפֵּיק עַמָא מִמִצְרַיִם דְאִינוּן כְּסָמִי וְעַיְנִין לְהוֹן וּכְחַרְשִׁין וְאוּדְנִין לְהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
When I brought forth my people from Egypt, they were like the blind, although they had eyes; and like the deaf, although they had ears.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:9
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:9)

כָּל עַמְמַיָא יִתְכַּנְשׁוּן כַּחֲדָא וְיִתְקַרְבוּן מַלְכְּוָן מַן בְּהוֹן יְחַוֵי דָא וְקַדְמָיָתָא יְבַסְרוּנָנָא יִתְּנוּן סַהֲדֵיהוֹן וְיִזְכּוּן וְיִשְׁמְעוּן וְיֵימְרוּן קְשׁוֹט:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Let all the nations be gathered together, let the kingdoms be brought together: who among them can declare this, and give us the joyful tidings of old? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; let them hear, and let them speak the truth.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:10
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:10)

אַתּוּן סַהֲדִין קֳדָמַי אֲמַר יְיָ וְעַבְדִי מְשִׁיחָא דְאִתְרְעֵתִי בֵיהּ בְּדִיל דְתִידְעוּן וּתְהֵימְנוּן קֳדָמָי וְתִסְתַּכְּלוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא הוּא דְמִלְקַדְמִין אַף עַלְמֵי עַלְמַיָא דִילִי אִינוּן וּבַר מִנִי לֵית אֱלָהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant, the Messiah, in whom is my delight, in order that ye may know, and that ye may believe in me, and understand that I am He who was from the beginning; yea, ages after ages are mine, and beside me there is no god.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:11
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:11)

אֲנָא אֲנָא יְיָ וְלֵית בַּר מִנִי פָּרִיק:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I, even I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no saviour.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:12
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:12)

אֲנָא חֲוֵיתִי לְאַבְרָהָם אֲבוּכוֹן מָה דַעֲתִיד לְמֵיתָא אֲנָא פְּרָקִית יַתְכוֹן מִמִצְרָיִם כְּמָא דְקַיְמִית לֵיהּ בֵּין בִּתְרַיָא וַאֲנָא אַשְׁמְעֵית יַתְכוֹן אוּלְפַן אוֹרַיְתִי מִסִינַי וְעַד אַתּוּן קַיָמִין וְלֵית בְּכוֹן נוּכְרִי וְאַתּוּן סָהֲדִין קֳדָמַי אֲמַר יְיָ וַאֲנָא אֱלָהָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I, I have declared unto Abraham your father what would come to pass; I, I redeemed you out of Egypt, as I swore to him between the pieces; and I, I have made you to hear the doctrine of my law from Sinai, and ye are still alive, when there was no strange god among you; yea, ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:13
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:13)

אַף מַעַלְמָא אֲנָא הוּא וְלֵית דְמִן יְדִי מְשֵׁיזֵיב אַעַבְדִינָהּ וְלָא אֲתֵיבִינָהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Yea, from eternity I am He; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will do it, and who shall turn it back?


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:14
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:14)

כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ פָרִיקְכוֹן קַדִישָׁא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּדִיל חוֹבֵיכוֹן אַגְלֵיתִי יַתְכוֹן לְבָבֶל וְאַחֲתֵית בִּמְשׁוֹטִין כּוּלְהוֹן וְכַסְדָאֵי בִּסְפִינַי תּוּשְׁבַּחְתְּהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, Because of your sins I led you captive to Babylon; but I will prostrate all of them with their oars, yea, the Chaldeans in the ships of which they boast.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:15
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:15)

אֲנָא יְיָ קַדִישְׁכוֹן דִבְרָאֵי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכְּכוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:16
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:16)

כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ דְאַתְקֵין בְּיַמָא אוֹרְחָא וּבְמַיִין תַּקִיפִין שְׁבִילָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thus saith the Lord, I am He who prepared a way in the sea, and a path in mighty waters.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:17
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:17)

דְאַפֵיק רְתִיכִין וְסוּסְוָן מַשִׁרְיָן וְעַם סַגִי כַּחֲדָא אִתְבְּלָעוּ וְלָא קָמוּ דְעִיכוּ כְּבוּצָא עַמִי טְפוֹ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I who brought out the chariots, and horses, and a great host, yea, much people; they were swallowed up together, they did not rise, they were extinguished, they are extinct like the glimmering wick is extinguished.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:18
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:18)

לָא תִדְכְּרוּן קַדְמָיָתָא וּדְמִן אַוְלָא לָא תִסְתַּכְּלוּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:19
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:19)

הָא אֲנָא עָבִיד חַדְתָּא וּכְעַן תִּתְגְלֵי הֲלָא תֵידְעוּנָהּ אַף אַשַׁוֵי בְמַדְבְּרָא אוֹרַח בְּצַדְיוּתָא נַהַרְוָן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Behold, I make a new thing, and now it shall be revealed: and will ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:20
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:20)

יְיַקְרוּן קֳדָמַי כַּד אַיְתֵב מְדִינָן דְצַדְיָן אֲתַר דַהֲוָאָה שָׁרְיָן יְרוּדִין וּבְנָת נַעֲמִין אֲרֵי יְהָבִית בְּמַדְבְּרָא מַיָא נַהֲרִין בְּצַדְיוּתָא לְאַשְׁקָאָה גַלְוַת עַמִי דְאִתְרְעֵיתִי בָהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
They shall honour me, when I make habitable provinces at the desert, and the places where the dragons and the daughters of the ostrich dwell ; because I will give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to the captives of my people, in whom I delight.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:21
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:21)

עַמָא דֵין אַתְקְנֵית לְפוּלְחָנִי בְתוּשְׁבַּחְתִּי יְהוֹן מִשְׁתָּעָן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
This people have I prepared for my service, they shall declare my praise.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:22
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:22)

אֱמִיר עַל יְדֵי נְבִיַיָא וְלָא בְּפּוּלְחָנִי עַרְעִיתוּן דְבֵית יַעֲקֹב אֲרֵי לָאֵיתוּן בְּאוּלְפַן אוֹרַיְתִי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
It hath been said by the prophets, that ye of the house of Jacob have not met together for my worship; but that ye were weary of the doctrine of my law, O Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:23
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:23)

לָא אַיְתֵיתָא קֳדָמַי אִמְרִין לְעָלְתָא וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשָׁךְ לָא יַקַרְתָּא קֳדָמַי לָא אַסְגֵיתִי עֲלָךְ בְּקוּרְבָּנִין וְלָא אַתְקְפֵית עֲלָךְ בִּלְבוֹנְתָּא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thou hast not brought unto me the lambs of thy burnt offerings, and with thy holy sacrifices thou hast not honoured me. I have not caused thee to multiply offerings, neither did I burden thee with frankincense.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:24
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:24)

לָא זְבֵינְתָּא קֳדָמַי בִּכְסַף קָנִי בְּסָם וּתְרַב נִכְסַת קוּדְשָׁךְ לָא דְהֵינְתָּא עַל מַדְבְּחִי בְּרַם אַסְגֵיתָא קֳדָמַי בְּחוֹבָךְ אַתְקֵפְתָּא קֳדָמַי בַּעֲוָיָתָךְ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thou hast not bought for me the aromatic reed with silver; with the fat of thy holy sacrifices thou hast not anointed mine altar; but thou hast multiplied thy sins before me; thou hast burdened me with thine iniquities.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:25
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:25)

אֲנָא הוּא שָׁבֵיק לְחוֹבָךְ בְּדִיל שְׁמִי וְחֶטְאָךְ לָא יִדְכְּרוּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I, even I, am He who forgiveth thy sins for the sake of my name, and thy sins shall not be remembered.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:26
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:26)

אֱמַר כְּעַן נְדוֹן כַּחֲדָא אִשְׁתָּעֵי אַתְּ בְדִיל אִם תִּכּוּל וְתִזְכֵּי:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Speak now, we will plead together, declare thou for the purpose, that thou mayest justify thyself, if thou art able to do so.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:27
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:27)

אֲבוּךְ קַדְמָאָה חָטָא וּמַלְפָךְ מְרַדוּ בְמֵימְרִי:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have rebelled against my WORD.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:28
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 43:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/43:28)

וְאַפֵּיס רַבְרְבֵי קוּדְשָׁא וְאֶמְסַר לְקַטָלָא יַעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְחִסוּדִין:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have delivered Jacob to the slaughter, and Israel to reproaches.”