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20 Wild animals, jackals, and owls[a] will honor me
    because I provide[b] water in the desert
and streams in the wilderness
    to give drink to my people, my chosen ones,[c]
21 the people whom I formed for myself
    and[d] so that they may speak[e] my praise.”

God is Weary of Israel

22 “And[f] yet you didn’t call upon me, Jacob;
    indeed, you are tired of me, Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:20 Or ostriches
  2. Isaiah 43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have provided
  3. Isaiah 43:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my chosen people
  4. Isaiah 43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag lacks my chosen ones
  5. Isaiah 43:21 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsag MT LXX read recount
  6. Isaiah 43:22 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss lack And