Isaiah 43:3-15

3For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

4Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.

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

6I will say to the north and south, ‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.

7Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’”

8Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

9Gather the nations together! Assemble the peoples of the world! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Which can predict what will happen tomorrow? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

10“But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord. “You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God— there never has been, and there never will be.

11I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.

12First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this. You are witnesses that I am the only God,” says the Lord.

13“From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”

14This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.

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