3. For I, the Lord, am your God,the Holy One of Israel, your savior.I give Egypt as ransom for you,Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
4. Because you are precious in my eyesand honored, and I love you,I give people in return for youand nations in exchange for your life.
5. Fear not, for I am with you;from the east I will bring back your offspring,from the west I will gather you.
6. I will say to the north: Give them up!and to the south: Do not hold them!Bring back my sons from afar,and my daughters from the ends of the earth:
7. All who are called by my nameI created for my glory;I formed them, made them.
8. Lead out the people, blind though they have eyes,deaf though they have ears.