Isaiah 43:3-5

Good News Translation

³For I am the Lord your God,
    the holy God of Israel, who saves you.
I will give up Egypt to set you free;
    I will give up Ethiopia^[a] and Seba.
⁴I will give up whole nations to save your life,
    because you are precious to me
    and because I love you and give you honor.
⁵Do not be afraid—I am with you!

“From the distant east and the farthest west
I will bring your people home.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 43:3 Hebrew Cush: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).