Isaiah 49
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Isaiah 49:1
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Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me.
Isaiah 49:2
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He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a select arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
Isaiah 49:3
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He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, In Whom I will show My glory."
Isaiah 49:4
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But I said, "I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice {due} to Me is with the LORD, And My reward with My God."
Isaiah 49:5
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And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My strength),
Isaiah 49:6
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He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
Isaiah 49:7
Isaiah 49:8
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Thus says the LORD, "In a favorable time I have answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to make {them} inherit the desolate heritages;
Isaiah 49:9
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Saying to those who are bound, `Go forth,' To those who are in darkness, `Show yourselves.' Along the roads they will feed, And their pasture {will be} on all bare heights.
Isaiah 49:10
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"They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them And will guide them to springs of water.
Isaiah 49:11
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"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up.
Isaiah 49:12
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"Behold, these will come from afar; And lo, these {will come} from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim."
Isaiah 49:13
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Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.
Isaiah 49:14
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But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me."
Isaiah 49:15
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"Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
Isaiah 49:16
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"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms {of My hands;} Your walls are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:17
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"Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you.
Isaiah 49:18
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"Lift up your eyes and look around; All of them gather together, they come to you. As I live," declares the LORD, "You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride.
Isaiah 49:19
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"For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who swallowed you will be far away.
Isaiah 49:20
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"The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, `The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live {here.}'
Isaiah 49:21
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"Then you will say in your heart, `Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come?"'
Isaiah 49:22
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Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My standard to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in {their} bosom, And your daughters will be carried on {their} shoulders.
Isaiah 49:23
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"Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And {you} will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 49:24
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"Can the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?"
Isaiah 49:25
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Surely, thus says the LORD, "Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.
Isaiah 49:26
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"I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
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