Restoration and Protection Promised

⁴³But now thus says the ^Lord,   he who created you, O Jacob,   he who formed you, O Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;   I have called you by name, you are mine.² When 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.³ For I am the ^Lord your God,   the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.I give Egypt as your ransom,   Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.⁴ Because you are precious in my sight,   and honoured, and I love you,I give people in return for you,   nations in exchange for your life.⁵ Do not fear, for I am with you;   I will bring your offspring from the east,   and from the west I will gather you;⁶ I will say to the north, ‘Give them up’,   and to the south, ‘Do 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,   whom I created for my glory,   whom I formed and made.’