Isaiah 43:1-13

1But now, this is what the Lord says, He who is your 1Creator, Jacob, And He who 2formed you, Israel: “Do not 3fear, for I have 4redeemed you; I have 5called you by name; you are 6Mine!2When you 7pass through the waters, 8I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you 9walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.3For 10I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your 11Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, 1213Cush and Seba in exchange for you.4Since you are 14precious in My sight, Since you are 15honored and I 16love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.5Do not fear, for 17I am with you; I will bring 18your offspring from the east, And 19gather you from the west.6I will say to the 20north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My 21sons from afar And My daughters from the 22ends of the earth,7Everyone who is 23called by My name, And whom I have 24created for My 25glory, 26Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

8Bring out the people who are 27blind, even though they have eyes, And those who are deaf, even though they have ears.9All the nations have 28gathered together So that the peoples may be assembled. Who among them can 29declare this And proclaim to us the former things? Let them present 30their witnesses so 31that they may be justified, Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”10“You are 32My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “And 33My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that 34I am He. 35Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.11I, only I, am the Lord, And there is no 36savior 37besides Me.12It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no 38strange god among you; So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “And I am God.13Even 3940from eternity 41I am He, And there is 42no one who can rescue from My hand; 43I act, and who can reverse it?”