The Restorer of Israel

• 43 But now thus says Yahweh,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 .[fn]
  • 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[fn] 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[fn] 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[fn] with eyes, and deaf, though[fn] they have ears.
  • 9 Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble.
• Who among them has declared this,
  • and declared[fn] the former things to us?
• Let them bring[fn] their witnesses, that[fn] they may be in the right,
  • and let them hear and say, “ It is true!”
  • 10 “You are my witnesses,” declares[fn] Yahweh, “and my servant whom I have chosen
• so that you may know and believe in[fn] me
  • and understand that I am he.
• No god was formed before me[fn],
  • 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 .[fn] And there was no strange god[fn] among you.
• And you are my witnesses,” declares[fn] Yahweh,
  • “and I am God.
  • 13 Indeed, from this day I am the one, and no one can deliver from my hand.
    • I perform,[fn] and who can cancel it ?”[fn]