Isaiah 43:2-4

Isaiah 42 Isaiah 44

Isaiah 43:2-4 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

²When 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.
³For I am the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Ethiopia^[a] and Seba in exchange for you.
⁴Because 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.

Footnotes:

Isaiah 43:3 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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