43 But now thus says the Lord,
^(A)he who created you, O Jacob,
    he who formed you, O Israel:
^(B)“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
    ^(C)I have called you by name, you are mine.
^2 (D)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
^(E)when you walk through fire ^(F)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.
³ For ^(G)I am the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
^(H)I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Cush and ^(I)Seba in exchange for you.
⁴ Because you are precious in my eyes,
    and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
    peoples in exchange for your life.
^5 (J)Fear not, for I am with you;
    ^(K)I will bring your offspring from the east,
    and from the west I will gather you.

^10 (A)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and ^(B)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
^(C)Before me no god was formed,
    nor shall there be any after me.
^11 (D)I, I am the Lord,
    and besides me there is no savior.
¹² I declared and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no strange god among you;
    and ^(E)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
¹³ Also ^(F)henceforth I am he;
    there is none who can deliver from my hand;
    I work, and who can turn it back?”

^18 (A)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
^19 (B)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^(C)I will make a way in the wilderness
    ^(D)and rivers in the desert.

¹² “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    ^(A)“return to me with all your heart,
^(B)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
¹³     and ^(C)rend your hearts and not ^(D)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    ^(E)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    ^(F)and he relents over disaster.

62 ^(A)For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
    and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
^(B)until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
    and her salvation as a burning torch.
^2 (C)The nations shall see your righteousness,
    and all the kings your glory,
^(D)and you shall be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will give.
³ You shall be ^(E)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
^4 (F)You shall no more be termed ^(G)Forsaken,^[a]
    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,^[b]
(H)but you shall be called ^(I)My Delight Is in Her,^[c]
    and your land Married;^[d]
for the Lord delights in you,
    and your land shall be married.
⁵ For as a young man marries a young woman,
    so ^(J)shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
    so ^(K)shall your God rejoice over you.