Book of Isaiah, Chapter 49
Chapter 49 of Isaiah
and hearken, you peoples from afar.
The LORD called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid me away.
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the LORD,
and my recompense with my God.”
who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD,
and my God has become my strength—
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the preserved of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the LORD, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
“In a time of favor I have answered you,
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages;
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the ways,
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them,
for he who has pity on them will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
and my highways shall be raised up.
and lo, these from the north and from the west,
and these from the land of Syene.”[a]
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the LORD has comforted his people,
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
my Lord has forgotten me.”
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
your walls are continually before me.
and those who laid you waste go forth from you.
they all gather, they come to you.
As I live, says the LORD,
you shall put them all on as an ornament,
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
will yet say in your ears:
‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
‘Who has borne me these?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
whence then have these come?’”
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the peoples;
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
or the captives of a tyrant[b] be rescued?
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”FOOTNOTES
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