Isaiah 43:3-15

3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

4Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

7everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

8Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

9All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

10“You are my witnesses,” declares 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 will there be one after me.

11I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.

12I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

13Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

14This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.

15I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”