Isaiah 43:1–7

1But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob,    he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;    I have called you by name, you are mine. 2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,    and the flame shall not consume you. 3For I am the Lord your God,    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom,    Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 4Because you are precious in my eyes,    and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you,    peoples in exchange for your life. 5Fear not, for I am with you;    I will bring your offspring from the east,    and from the west I will gather you. 6I will say to the north, Give up,    and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar    and my daughters from the end of the earth, 7everyone who is called by my name,    whom I created for my glory,    whom I formed and made.”