Isaiah 43

²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,

³For I am the LORD your God,

⁴Since you have been precious and honored in my sight,

⁵Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

⁶I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’

⁷everyone who is called by my name,

⁸Bring out the blind people who have eyes,

⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,

¹⁰“You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,

¹¹I myself am the LORD.

¹²I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown,

¹³Yes, since the day was, I am he.

¹⁴The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

¹⁵I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

¹⁶The LORD, who makes a way in the sea,

¹⁷who brings out the chariot and horse,

¹⁸“Don’t remember the former things,

¹⁹Behold, I will do a new thing.

²⁰The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me,

²¹the people which I formed for myself,

²²Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;

²³You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings,

²⁴You have bought me no sweet cane with money,

²⁵I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;

²⁶Put me in remembrance.

²⁷Your first father sinned,

²⁸Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;