Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 49:1-13

1Listen to Me, O islands;1pay attention, O distant peoples:

The LORD called Me from the womb;from the body of My mother He named Me.2He made My mouth like a sharp sword;He hid Me in the shadow of His hand.He made Me like a polished arrow;He hid Me in His quiver.3He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,in whom I will display My glory.”

4But I said, “I have labored in vain,I have spent My strength in futility and vanity;yet My vindication is with the LORD,and My reward is with My God.”

5And now says the LORD,who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,to bring Jacob back to Him,that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD,and My God is My strength—6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant,to raise up the tribes of Jacob,and to restore the protected ones of Israel.I will also make You a light for the nations,to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”2

7Thus says the LORD,the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel,to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,to the Servant of rulers:

“Kings will see You and rise,and princes will bow down,because of the LORD, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

8This is what the LORD says:

“In the time of favor I will answer You,and in the day of salvation I will help You;3I will keep You and appoint Youto be a covenant for the people,to restore the land,to apportion its desolate inheritances,9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’They will feed along the pathways,and find pasture on every barren hill.10They will not hunger or thirst,nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them.4For He who has compassion on them will guide themand lead them beside springs of water.11I will turn all My mountains into roads,and My highways will be raised up.12Behold, they will come from far away,from the north and from the west,5and from the land of Aswan.6”

13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth;break forth in song, O mountains!For the LORD has comforted His people,and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 49:1 Or coastlands ↩
2. Isaiah 49:6 Cited in Acts 13:47 ↩
3. Isaiah 49:8 LXX In the time of favor I heard You, and in the day of salvation I helped You; cited in 2 Corinthians 6:2 ↩
4. Isaiah 49:10 Cited in Revelation 7:16 ↩
5. Isaiah 49:12 Or from the sea ↩
6. Isaiah 49:12 That is, a region in southern Egypt (from DSS); MT the land of Sinim ↩

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