Isaiah 43:1-2, 13, 16, 19, 25

But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

“From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”

I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea.

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.