Listen to this
Kathan Kawraw being read
by the chaciyd with some Hebrew pronunciation
1 ¶ But now thus saith YAHUAH that created thee, O Yacob, and he
that formed thee, O YisraYAH, 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] YAHUAH thy YAHUAH, the Holy One of YisraYAH, 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 YAHUAH 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 YAH formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, [even] I, [am] YAHUAH; 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 YAHUAH,
that I [am] YAH.
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 YAHUAH, your redeemer, the Holy One of YisraYAH; For your
sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the
Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships.
15 I [am] YAHUAH, your Holy One, the creator of YisraYAH, your King.
16 Thus saith YAHUAH, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters;
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.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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.
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.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 ¶ But thou hast not called upon me, O Yacob; but thou hast been weary of me,
O YisraYAH.
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.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest
be justified.
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 Yacob
to the curse, and YisraYAH to reproaches.