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Isaiah 49:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The LORD summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor."
4 But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
5 So now the LORD says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant� he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the LORD's sight, for my God is my source of strength�
6 he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth."
7 This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you."
8 This is what the LORD says: "At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.
9 You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
11 I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways."
12 Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!
13 Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the LORD consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
14 "Zion said, 'The LORD has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.'
15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
16 Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.
17 Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.
18 Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live," says the LORD, "you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.
19 Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.
20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, 'This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.'
21 Then you will think to yourself, 'Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?'"
22 This is what the sovereign LORD says: "Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
23 Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
24 Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?
25 Indeed," says the LORD, "captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob."
1 Listen H8085 , O isles, H339 unto H413 me ; and hearken, H7181 ye people, H3816 from far H4480 H7350 ; The LORD H3068 hath called H7121 me from the womb H4480 H990 ; from the bowels H4480 H4578 of my mother H517 hath he made mention H2142 of my name. H8034
2 And he hath made H7760 my mouth H6310 like a sharp H2299 sword; H2719 in the shadow H6738 of his hand H3027 hath he hid H2244 me , and made H7760 me a polished H1305 shaft; H2671 in his quiver H827 hath he hid H5641 me;
3 And said H559 unto me, Thou H859 art my servant, H5650 O Israel, H3478 in whom H834 I will be glorified. H6286
4 Then I H589 said, H559 I have labored H3021 in vain, H7385 I have spent H3615 my strength H3581 for naught, H8414 and in vain: H1892 yet surely H403 my judgment H4941 is with H854 the LORD, H3068 and my work H6468 with H854 my God. H430
5 And now, H6258 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that formed H3335 me from the womb H4480 H990 to be his servant, H5650 to bring Jacob again H7725 H3290 to H413 him , Though Israel H3478 be not gathered, H622 yet shall I be glorious H3513 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and my God H430 shall be H1961 my strength. H5797
6 And he said, H559 It is a light thing H7043 that thou shouldest be H4480 H1961 my servant H5650 to raise up H6965 H853 the tribes H7626 of Jacob, H3290 and to restore H7725 the preserved H5341 of Israel: H3478 I will also give H5414 thee for a light H216 to the Gentiles, H1471 that thou mayest be H1961 my salvation H3444 unto H5704 the end H7097 of the earth. H776
7 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 the Redeemer H1350 of Israel, H3478 and his Holy One, H6918 to him whom man H5315 despiseth, H960 to him whom the nation H1471 abhorreth, H8581 to a servant H5650 of rulers, H4910 Kings H4428 shall see H7200 and arise, H6965 princes H8269 also shall worship, H7812 because of H4616 the LORD H3068 that H834 is faithful, H539 and the Holy One H6918 of Israel, H3478 and he shall choose H977 thee.
8 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 In an acceptable H7522 time H6256 have I heard H6030 thee , and in a day H3117 of salvation H3444 have I helped H5826 thee : and I will preserve H5341 thee , and give H5414 thee for a covenant H1285 of the people, H5971 to establish H6965 the earth, H776 to cause to inherit H5157 the desolate H8074 heritages; H5159
9 That thou mayest say H559 to the prisoners, H631 Go forth; H3318 to them that H834 are in darkness, H2822 Show yourselves. H1540 They shall feed H7462 in H5921 the ways, H1870 and their pastures H4830 shall be in all H3605 high places. H8205
10 They shall not H3808 hunger H7456 nor H3808 thirst; H6770 neither H3808 shall the heat H8273 nor sun H8121 smite H5221 them: for H3588 he that hath mercy H7355 on them shall lead H5090 them , even by H5921 the springs H4002 of water H4325 shall he guide H5095 them.
11 And I will make H7760 all H3605 my mountains H2022 a way, H1870 and my highways H4546 shall be exalted. H7311
12 Behold H2009 , these H428 shall come H935 from far H4480 H7350 : and, lo, H2009 these H428 from the north H4480 H6828 and from the west H4480 H3220 ; and these H428 from the land H4480 H776 of Sinim. H5515
13 Sing H7442 , O heavens; H8064 and be joyful, H1523 O earth; H776 and break forth H6476 into singing, H7440 O mountains: H2022 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath comforted H5162 his people, H5971 and will have mercy H7355 upon his afflicted. H6041
14 But Zion H6726 said, H559 The LORD H3068 hath forsaken H5800 me , and my Lord H136 hath forgotten H7911 me.
15 Can a woman H802 forget H7911 her sucking child, H5764 that she should not have compassion H4480 H7355 on the son H1121 of her womb H990 ? yea, H1571 they H428 may forget, H7911 yet will I H595 not H3808 forget H7911 thee.
16 Behold H2005 , I have graven H2710 thee upon H5921 the palms of my hands; H3709 thy walls H2346 are continually H8548 before H5048 me.
17 Thy children H1121 shall make haste; H4116 thy destroyers H2040 and they that made thee waste H2717 shall go forth H3318 of H4480 thee.
18 Lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 round about, H5439 and behold: H7200 all H3605 these gather themselves together, H6908 and come H935 to thee. As I H589 live, H2416 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 thou shalt surely H3588 clothe H3847 thee with them all, H3605 as with an ornament, H5716 and bind H7194 them on thee , as a bride H3618 doeth .
19 For H3588 thy waste H2723 and thy desolate places, H8074 and the land H776 of thy destruction, H2035 shall even H3588 now H6258 be too narrow H3334 by reason of the inhabitants H4480 H3427 , and they that swallowed thee up H1104 shall be far away. H7368
20 The children H1121 which thou shalt have , after thou hast lost the other, H7923 shall say H559 again H5750 in thine ears, H241 The place H4725 is too strait H6862 for me : give place H5066 to me that I may dwell. H3427
21 Then shalt thou say H559 in thine heart, H3824 Who H4310 hath begotten H3205 me H853 these, H428 seeing I H589 have lost my children, H7909 and am desolate, H1565 a captive, H1540 and removing to and fro H5493 ? and who H4310 hath brought up H1431 these H428 ? Behold, H2005 I H589 was left H7604 alone; H905 these, H428 where H375 had they H1992 been ?
22 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3069 Behold, H2009 I will lift up H5375 mine hand H3027 to H413 the Gentiles, H1471 and set up H7311 my standard H5251 to H413 the people: H5971 and they shall bring H935 thy sons H1121 in their arms, H2684 and thy daughters H1323 shall be carried H5375 upon H5921 their shoulders. H3802
23 And kings H4428 shall be H1961 thy nursing fathers, H539 and their queens H8282 thy nursing mothers: H3243 they shall bow down H7812 to thee with their face H639 toward the earth, H776 and lick up H3897 the dust H6083 of thy feet; H7272 and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD: H3068 for they H834 shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 that wait H6960 for me.
24 Shall the prey H4455 be taken H3947 from the mighty H4480 H1368 , or H518 the lawful H6662 captive H7628 delivered H4422 ?
25 But H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Even H1571 the captives H7628 of the mighty H1368 shall be taken away, H3947 and the prey H4455 of the terrible H6184 shall be delivered: H4422 for I H595 will contend with H7378 him that contendeth with H3401 thee , and I H595 will save H3467 thy children. H1121
26 And I will feed H398 H853 them that oppress H3238 thee with H853 their own flesh; H1320 and they shall be drunken H7937 with their own blood, H1818 as with sweet wine: H6071 and all H3605 flesh H1320 shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 am thy Savior H3467 and thy Redeemer, H1350 the mighty One H46 of Jacob. H3290
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