Isaiah 43:21

This people haue I formed for my selfe, they shall shewe foorth my praise.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
- Basic English Bible

This people have I formed for myself: they shall shew forth my praise.
- Darby Bible

This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.
- Webster's Bible

the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
- World English Bible

This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.
- Youngs Literal Bible

The people which I formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 43:21

43:19 A new thing - Such a work as was never yet done in the world. Now - The scripture often speaks of things at a great distance of time, as if they were now at hand; to make us sensible of the inconsiderableness of time, and all temporal things, in comparison of God, and eternal things; upon which account it is said, that a thousand years are in God's sight but as one day.

43:20 The beast - Shall have cause, if they had abilities, to praise me for their share in this mercy. Dragons - Which live in dry and barren deserts.

43:22 For - God called to the Gentiles to be his people, because the Jews forsook him. Weary - Thou hast not esteemed my service to be a privilege, but a burden and bondage.

43:23 Honoured - Either thou didst neglect sacrificing to me; or didst perform it merely out of custom or didst dishonour me, and pollute thy sacrifices by thy wicked life. Although - Altho' God had not laid such heavy burdens upon them, nor required such costly offerings, as might give them cause to be weary, nor such as idolaters did freely perform in the service of their idols.