Isaiah 49
The Servant of the Lord
1Listen to me, aO coastlands,and give attention, you peoples bfrom afar.
cThe Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.
2 dHe made my mouth like a sharp sword;
ein the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
in his quiver he hid me away.
3And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, fin whom I will be glorified.” ▼
▼Or I will display my beauty
4 hBut I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.”
5 iAnd now the Lord says,
he jwho formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for kI am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—
6he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
lI will make you mas a light for the nations,
that nmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
7Thus says the Lord,
othe Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
pto one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
q“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.”
The Restoration of Israel
8Thus says the Lord:r“In a stime of favor I have answered you;
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you tand give you
as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
uto apportion the desolate heritages,
9 vsaying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
wThey shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 xthey shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them ywill lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
11 zAnd I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
12 aaBehold, these shall come from afar,
and behold, abthese from the north and from the west, ▼
▼Hebrew from the sea
and these from the land of Syene.” ▼
▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Sinim
13 aeSing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord afhas comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14But Zion said, ag“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 ah“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16Behold, aiI have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17Your builders make haste; ▼
▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Your children make haste
akyour destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 alLift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
amAs I live, declares the Lord,
anyou shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
19“Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
aosurely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 apThe children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
aq‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
21Then you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
arI was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’”
22Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
asand raise my signal to the peoples;
atand they shall bring your sons in their arms, ▼
▼Hebrew in their bosom
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 avKings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
awWith their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and axlick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
aythose who wait for me azshall not be put to shame.”
24Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant ▼
▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man
be rescued?25For thus says the Lord:
bb“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.
26 bcI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk bdwith their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that beI am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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