Isaiah 43:3–11

³I am the Lord your God.

I am the Holy One of Israel.

I am the one who saves you.

I will give up Egypt to set you free.

I will give up Cush and Seba for you.

⁴You are priceless to me.

I love you and honor you.

So I will trade other people for you.

I will give up other nations to save your lives.

⁵Do not be afraid. I am with you.

I will bring your people back from the east.

I will gather you from the west.

⁶I will say to the north, ‘Let them go!’

And I will say to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’

Bring my sons from far away.

Bring my daughters from the farthest places on earth.

⁷Bring back everyone who belongs to me.

I created them to bring glory to me.

I formed them and made them.”

⁸Lead my people into court.

They have eyes but can’t see.

Bring those who have ears but can’t hear.

⁹All of the nations are gathering together.

All of them are coming.

Which one of their gods said ahead of time

that the people of Israel would return?

Which of them told us anything at all about the past?

Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right.

Then others will hear them. And they will say,

“What they said is true.”

¹⁰“People of Israel, you are my witnesses,” announces the Lord.

“I have chosen you to be my servants.

I wanted you to know me and believe in me.

I wanted you to understand that I am the one and only God.

Before me, there was no other god at all.

And there will not be any god after me.

¹¹I am the one and only Lord.

I am the only one who can save you.