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Chapter 43

Redemption and Restoration Promised

But now this is the word of the Lord,
    he who created you, O Jacob,
    and formed you, O Israel.
Have no fear, for I have redeemed you.
    I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
    nor will the waters engulf you.
When you walk through fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not consume you.
For I am the Lord, your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Ethiopia and Seba[a] in exchange for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:3 Seba: Nubia. God grants Cyrus this territory as a reward for having freed Israel. In fact, it was Cambyses, Cyrus’s successor, who conquered Egypt.