Isaiah 43:1-13 - The Restorer Of Israel

¹ Jehovah created Jacob and formed Israel. Jehovah says: Do not be afraid for I have reclaimed you. I have called you by my name. You are mine. ² When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you. ³ I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR. Egypt is the ransom I exchanged for you. Sudan and Seba are the price I paid for you. ⁴ I honor you because you are precious to me and I love you. I will exchange others for you. Nations will be the price I pay for your life. ⁵ Do not be afraid for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west. ⁶ I will say to the north, 'Give them up,' and to the south, 'do not keep them. Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth. ⁷ Bring everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.'

⁸ Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears. ⁹ All nations have gathered together, and people have assembled. Who among them could have revealed this? Who among them could have foretold this to us? They should bring their witnesses to prove that they were right. Let the people hear them. Then they will say: 'It is the truth.' ¹⁰ YOU ARE MY WITNESSES, DECLARES JEHOVAH! I have chosen you as my servant so that you can know and believe in me and understand that I am the one who did this. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me. ¹¹ I ALONE AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDES ME. ¹² I have revealed it to you. I have saved you, and I have announced it to you. There was no foreign god among you. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares Jehovah. ¹³ From the beginning I was the one who did this. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?