Isaiah 43:1-13 - The Restorer Of Israel

¹ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed thee, I have named thee; Thou art mine. ² When thou dost pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou dost walk through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. ³ For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Keeper; I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. ⁴ Because thou wast precious in my sight, thou wast worthy of honour, and I have loved thee. ⁵ Do not fear; for I am with thee: I will bring thy generation from the east and gather thee from the west; ⁶ I will say to the north wind, Give up, and to the south, Do not keep back; bring my sons from far and my daughters from the ends of the earth ⁷ even every one that is called by my name, for I have created them for my glory; I have formed them; yea, I have made them.

⁸ Bring forth the people that is blind that have eyes and the deaf that have ears. ⁹ Let all the Gentiles be gathered together as one, and let the peoples be joined; who among them can declare this and show us former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses that they may be justified or let them hear and say, It is truth. ¹⁰ Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my slave whom I have chosen that ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ¹¹ I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. ¹² I have declared and have saved, and I have showed when there was no strange god among you; therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. ¹³ Even before the day was I existed; and there is no one that can deliver out of my hand; if I work, who shall hinder it?