Isaiah 43:3–11

³For ^rI am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

^sI give Egypt as your ransom,

Cush and ^tSeba in exchange for you.

⁴Because you are precious in my eyes,

and honored, and I love you,

I give men in return for you,

peoples in exchange for your life.

^5uFear not, for I am with you;

^vI will bring your offspring from the east,

and from the west I will gather you.

⁶I will say to the north, Give up,

and to the south, Do not withhold;

bring ^wmy sons from afar

and ^wmy daughters from the end of the earth,

⁷everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory,

whom I formed and made.”

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

who are deaf, yet have ears!

^9yAll the nations gather together,

and the peoples assemble.

Who among them can declare this,

and show us the former things?

Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,

and let them hear and say, It is true.

^10z“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,

“and ^amy servant whom I have chosen,

that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.

^bBefore me no god was formed,

nor shall there be any after me.

^11cI, I am the Lord,

and besides me there is no savior.