Isaiah 49

1ListenH8085, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoplesH3816 from afarH7350. Jehovah hath calledH7121 me from the wombH990; from the bowelsH4578 of my motherH517 hath he made mention of my nameH8034. 2And he hath madeH7760 my mouthH6310 like a sharpH2299 swordH2719, he hath concealedH5641 me under the shadowH6738 of his handH3027, and he hath madeH7760 me a polished shaft: in his quiverH827 hath he hiddenH5641 me. 3And he saidH559 unto me, Thou art my servantH5650, IsraelH3478, in whom I will glorifyH6286 myself. 4— And I saidH559, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strengthH3581 for nought and in vain; neverthelessH403 my judgmentH4941 is with Jehovah, and my workH6468 with my 1GodH430. 5And nowH6258, saith Jehovah, that formedH3335 me from the wombH990 to beH1961 his servantH5650, that I should bringH7725 JacobH3290 again to him; (though IsraelH3478 beH1961 not gatheredH622, yet shall I beH1961 glorifiedH3513 in the eyesH5869 of Jehovah, and my 2GodH430 shall beH1961 my strengthH5797;) 6— and he saith, It is a small thingH7043 that thou shouldest beH1961 my servantH5650 to raiseH6965 up the tribesH7626 of JacobH3290, and to restoreH7725 the preserved of IsraelH3478; I have even givenH5414 thee for a lightH216 of the nationsH1471, that thou mayest beH1961 my salvationH3444 unto the endH7097 of the earthH776. 7ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, the RedeemerH1350 of IsraelH3478, his HolyH6918 OneH6918, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nationH1471 abhorreth, to the servantH5650 of rulers: KingsH4428 shall seeH7200 and ariseH6965, princesH8269, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithfulH539, the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478, who hath chosenH977 thee. 8ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: In a timeH6256 of acceptanceH7522 have I answered thee, and in the dayH3117 of salvationH3444 have I helpedH5826 thee; and I will preserveH5341 thee, and giveH5414 thee for a covenantH1285 of the peopleH5971, to establishH6965 the landH776, to cause to inheritH5157 the desolateH8074 heritages; 9sayingH559 to the prisonersH631, GoH3318 forthH3318; to them that are in darknessH2822, Shew yourselves. They shall feedH7462 in the waysH1870, and their pastureH4830 shall be on all bareH8205 hills. 10They shall not hungerH7456 nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sunH8121 smite them; for he that hath mercyH7355 on them will leadH5095 them, and by the springs of waterH4325 will he guide them. 11And I will makeH7760 all my mountainsH2022 a wayH1870, and my highwaysH4546 shall be raisedH7311 up. 12Behold, these shall comeH935 from afarH7350; and behold, these from the northH6828 and from the westH3220; and these from the landH776 of Sinim. 13ShoutH7442, ye heavensH8064; and be joyful, thou earthH776; and breakH6476 forthH6476 into singing, ye mountainsH2022: for Jehovah hath comfortedH5162 his peopleH5971, and will have mercyH7355 upon his afflictedH6041 ones. 14But ZionH6726 saidH559, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgottenH7911 me. 15Can a womanH802 forgetH7911 her sucking child, that she should not have compassionH7355 on the sonH1121 of her wombH990? Even these forgetH7911, but I will not forgetH7911 thee. 16Lo, I have graven thee upon the palmsH3709 of [my] handsH3709; thy wallsH2346 are continuallyH8548 before me. 17Thy sonsH1121 shall makeH4116 hasteH4116; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall goH3318 forthH3318 from thee. 18LiftH5375 up thine eyesH5869 roundH5439 about and behold: they all gatherH6908 themselves togetherH6908, they comeH935 to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clotheH3847 thee with them all as with an ornament, and bindH7194 them on as a brideH3618 doth. 19For [in] thy wasteH2723 and thy desolateH8074 placesH2723, and thy destroyed landH776, thou shalt even nowH6258 be too straitened by reason of the inhabitantsH3427, and they that swallowedH1104 thee up shall be farH7368 awayH7368. 20The children of thy bereavement shall yetH5750 sayH559 in thine earsH241, The placeH4725 is too narrow for me: make roomH4725 for me, that I may dwellH3427. 21And thou shalt sayH559 in thy heartH3824, Who hath borneH3205 me these, seeing I had lost my children and was desolate, an exileH1473, and driven about? and who hath broughtH3205 up these? behold, I was leftH7604 aloneH905; these, whereH375 were they? 22ThusH3541 saith the LordH136 Jehovah: Behold, I will liftH5375 up my handH3027 to the nationsH1471, and set up my banner to the peoplesH5971; and they shall bringH935 thy sonsH1121 in [their] bosomH2684, and thy daughtersH1323 shall be carriedH5375 upon the shoulderH3802. 23And kingsH4428 shall beH1961 thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bowH7812 downH7812 to thee with the faceH639 toward the earthH776, and lickH3897 up the dustH6083 of thy feetH7272. And thou shalt knowH3045 that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not beH1961 ashamedH954 who waitH6960 on me. 24Shall the prey be takenH3947 from the mightyH1368? and shall he that is rightfully captive be deliveredH4422? 25For thusH3541 saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mightyH1368 shall be takenH3947 awayH3947, and the prey of the terrible shall be deliveredH3467; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will saveH3467 thy children. 26And I will feed them that oppressH3238 thee with their own fleshH1320; and they shall be drunken with their own bloodH1818, as with new wineH6071. And all fleshH1320 shall knowH3045 that I, Jehovah, [am] thy Saviour and thy RedeemerH1350, the MightyH46 One of JacobH3290.