Isaiah 43:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.
³ For I am the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Ethiopia^[a] and Seba in exchange for you.
⁴ Because you are precious in my sight,
    and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you,
    nations in exchange for your life.