You Are My Witnesses, Says the Lord

O israel, fear not for i have redeemed you. I give egypt as your ransom, ethiopia and seba in exchange for you. Let us argue together. Set forth your case that you may be proved right. Your first father sinned and your mediators transgressed against me. Therefore i profaned the princes of the sanctuary. I delivered jacob to utter destruction and israel to reviling. But now hear,. o jacob, my servant is chosen, thus lord who made you will help you. For i will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground. They shall spring up like grass amid waters by flowing streams. This