Isaiah 43:3–11

³For I am the Lord your God,^g

the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.^h

I have given Egypt as a ransom for you,

Cush and Seba in your place.

⁴Because you are precious in my sightⁱ

and honored, and I love you,^j

I will give people in exchange for you

and nations instead of your life.

⁵Do not fear, for I am with you;

I will bring your descendants from the east,^k

and gather you from the west.^l

⁶I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’

and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’

Bring my sons from far away,^m

and my daughters from the ends of the earthⁿ—

⁷everyone who bears my name

and is created for my glory.

I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”

⁸Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,^o

and are deaf, yet have ears.

⁹All the nations are gathered together,

and the peoples are assembled.^p

Who among them can declare this,^q

and tell us the former things?

Let them present their witnesses

to vindicate themselves,

so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

¹⁰“You are my witnesses”^r—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“and my servant whom I have chosen,^s

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.^t

No god was formed before me,

and there will be none after me.^u

¹¹I—I am the Lord.

Besides me, there is no Savior.^v