Later text
Isaiah 43:1BSB
Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
Intertextuality Pair
Isaiah 43:1 → Genesis 1
Echo
Earlier text
Significance
Isaiah 43:1 introduces God as "He who created you (בֹּרַאֲךָ, bor'akha), O Jacob, and He who formed you (יֹצֶרְךָ, yotserkha), O Israel," using the same verbs בָּרָא (bara, "create") and יָצַר (yatsar, "form") that describe God's creative work in Genesis 1-2. By applying creation vocabulary to Israel's national existence, Isaiah declares that Israel's formation as a people is itself an act of divine creation on the scale of Genesis. The God who created the cosmos now "creates" Israel anew through redemption from exile — restoration is presented as nothing less than a new act of creation by the same sovereign Creator.
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