1 And now thus says the Lord God that made you, Jacob, and formed you, Israel, Do not fear: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine. 2 And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you: and if you go through fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you.⁠a 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and given Syene for you. 4 Since you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved you: and I will give many men for you, and princes for your life. 5 Do not fear; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring my sons from the land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 even all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him: 8 and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf. 9 All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them declare the truth. 10 Be you my witnesses, and I too am a witness, says the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am he: before me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none. 11 I am God; and beside me there is no Savior. 12 I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange god among you: you are my witnesses, and I am a witness, says the Lord God, 13 even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back? 14 Thus says the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; for your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships. 15 I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for Israel your king. 16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty water; 17 who brought forth chariots and horse, and a mighty multitude: but they have lain down, and shall not rise: they are extinct, as quenched flax. 18 Do not remember the former things, and do not consider the ancient things. 19 Look, I will do new things, which shall now spring forth, and you shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land. 20 the beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race, 21 my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises. 22 I have not now called you, Jacob; neither have I made you weary, Israel. 23 You have not brought me the sheep of your whole burnt offering; neither have you glorified me with your sacrifices; neither have I wearied you with frankincense. 24 Neither have you purchased incense for me with silver, neither have I desired the fat of your sacrifices: but I stood before you in your sins, and in your iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions; and I will not remember them. 26 But you, remember, and let us plead together: first confess your transgressions, that you may be justified. 27 Your fathers first, and their princes have transgressed against me. 28 And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reproach.