Isaiah 43:3–11

³I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 

Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you. 

Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you. 

⁴Since you are precious to me, you are honored and I love you. 

I will exchange others for you. 

Nations will be the price I pay for your life. 

⁵Do not be afraid, because I am with you. 

I will bring your descendants from the east 

and gather you from the west. 

⁶I will say to the north, “Give them up,” 

and to the south, “Do not keep them.” 

Bring my sons from far away 

and my daughters from the ends of the earth. 

⁷Bring everyone who is called by my name, 

whom I created for my glory, 

whom I formed and made. 

⁸Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, 

the people who are deaf but still have ears. 

⁹All nations have gathered together, and people have assembled. 

Who among them could have revealed this? 

Who among them could have foretold this to us? 

They should bring their witnesses to prove that they were right. 

Let the people hear them. Then they will say that it is true. 

¹⁰“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord. 

“I have chosen you as my servant 

so that you can know and believe in me 

and understand that I am the one ⸤who did this⸥. 

No god was formed before me, 

and there will be none after me. 

¹¹I alone am the Lord, 

and there is no savior except me.