Isaiah 43:1-13

Lexham English Bible

he who created you, Jacob,
    and he who formed you, Israel:
“You must not fear, for I have redeemed you.
    I have called you by your name; you are mine.^[a]
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
    and through the rivers, they shall not flow over you.
When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not scorch^[b] you.
³ For I am Yahweh, your God,
    the holy one of Israel, your savior.
I give you Egypt as ransom,
    Cush and Seba in place of you.
⁴ Because you are precious in my eyes,
    you are honored, and I myself love you,
and I give people in place of you,
    and nations in place of your life.
⁵ You must not fear,
    for I am with you.
I will bring your offspring^[c] from the east,
    and I will gather you from the west.
⁶ I will say to the north, ‘Give!’
    and to the south, ‘You must not withhold!’
Bring my sons from far away,
and my daughters from the end of the earth—
⁷ everyone who is called by my name,
    and whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed,
    indeed whom I made.”
⁸ Bring out the people blind yet^[d] with eyes,
    and deaf, though^[e] they have ears.
⁹ Let all the nations gather together,
    and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them has declared this,
    and declared^[f] the former things to us?
Let them bring^[g] their witnesses, that^[h] they may be in the right,
    and let them hear and say, “It is true!”
¹⁰ “You are my witnesses,” declares^[i] Yahweh,
    “and my servant whom I have chosen
so that you may know and believe in^[j] me
    and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me^[k],
    and none shall be after me.
¹¹ I myself am Yahweh,
    and there is no savior besides me!
¹² I myself declared and saved,
    and I proclaimed.^[l] And there was no strange god^[m] among you.
And you are my witnesses,” declares^[n] Yahweh,
    “and I am God.
¹³ Indeed, from this day I am the one,
    and no one can deliver from my hand.
        I perform,^[o] and who can cancel it?”^[p]