Isaiah 43:1–13

Restoration and Protection Promised

⁴³But now thus says the Lord,

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name; you are mine.^*

²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

and the flame shall not consume you.^*

³For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

I give Egypt as your ransom,

Cush and Seba in exchange for you.^*

⁴Because you are precious in my sight

and honored and I love you,

I give people in return for you,

nations in exchange for your life.^*

⁵Do not fear, for I am with you;

I will bring your offspring from the east,

and from the west I will gather you;^*

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

and to the south, “Do not withhold;

bring my sons from far away

and my 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 forth the people who are blind yet have eyes,

who are deaf yet have ears!^*

⁹Let all the nations gather together,

and let the peoples assemble.

Who among them declared this

and foretold to us the former things?

Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,

and let them hear and say, “It is true.”^*

¹⁰You are my witnesses, says the Lord,

and my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.

Before me no god was formed,

nor shall there be any after me.^*

¹¹I, I am the Lord,

and besides me there is no savior.^*

¹²I am the one who declared and saved and proclaimed,

not some strange god among you;

you are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.^*

¹³Indeed, since that day I am he;

there is no one who can deliver from my hand;

I work, and who can hinder it?^*