3 For I am the Lord your God,the holy God of Israel, who saves you.I will give up Egypt to set you free;I will give up Ethiopia and Seba.
4 I will give up whole nations to save your life,because you are precious to meand because I love you and give you honor.
5 Do not be afraid—I am with you!“From the distant east and the farthest westI will bring your people home.
6 I will tell the north to let them goand the south not to hold them back.Let my people return from distant lands,from every part of the world.
7 They are my own people,and I created them to bring me glory.”
8 God says,“Summon my people to court.They have eyes, but they are blind;they have ears, but they are deaf!
9 Summon the nations to come to the trial.Which of their gods can predict the future?Which of them foretold what is happening now?Let these gods bring in their witnessesto prove that they are right,to testify to the truth of their words.