2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
4 Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
6 I will say to the North, "Release him," and to the South, "Do not turn him away." Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.