⁶ Is this how you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?

43 Now this is what the Lord says—
the One who created you, Jacob,
and the One who formed you, Israel^(A)—
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;^(B)
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.^(C)
2 I will be with you^(D)
when you pass through the waters,^(E)
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,^(F)
and the flame will not burn you.
³ For I Yahweh your God,^(G)
the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior,^(H)
give Egypt as a ransom for you,
Cush and Seba in your place.
⁴ Because you are precious in My sight^(I)
and honored, and I love you,^(J)
I will give people in exchange for you
and nations instead of your life.
⁵ Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,^(K)
and gather you from the west.^(L)
6 I will say to the north: Give them up!
and to the south: Do not hold them back!
Bring My sons from far away,^(M)
and My daughters from the ends of the earth^(N)—
⁷ everyone called by My name
and created for My glory.
I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”