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49 : 1 Listen to me,O coastlands,and give attention, you peoplesfrom afar.TheLordcalled me from the womb,from the body of my mother he named my name.
49 : 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword;in the shadow of his hand he hid me;he made me a polished arrow;in his quiver he hid me away.
49 : 3 And he said to me,You are my servant,Israel,in whom I will be glorified.
49 : 4 But I said,I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;yet surely my right is with theLord,and my recompense with my God.
49 : 5 And now theLordsays,hewho formed me from the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him;and that Israel might be gathered to him&emdash;forI am honored in the eyes of theLord,and my God has become my strength&emdash;
49 : 6 he says:It is too light a thing that you should be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacoband to bring back the preserved of Israel;I will make youas a light for the nations,thatmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
49 : 7 Thus says theLord,the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,the servant of rulers:Kings shall see and arise;princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;because of theLord, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
49 : 8 Thus says theLord:In atime of favor I have answered you;in a day of salvation I have helped you;I will keep youand give youas a covenant to the people,to establish the land,to apportion the desolate heritages,
49 : 9 saying to the prisoners,Come out,to those who are in darkness,Appear.They shall feed along the ways;on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
49 : 10 they shall not hunger or thirst,neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,for he who has pity on themwill lead them,and by springs of water will guide them.
49 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a road,and my highways shall be raised up.
49 : 12 Behold, these shall come from afar,and behold,these from the north and from the west,and these from the land of Syene.
49 : 13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;break forth, O mountains, into singing!For theLordhas comforted his peopleand will have compassion on his afflicted.
49 : 14 But Zion said,TheLordhas forsaken me;my Lord has forgotten me.
49 : 15 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.
49 : 16 Behold,I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;your walls are continually before me.
49 : 17 Your builders make haste;your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
49 : 18 Lift up your eyes around and see;they all gather, they come to you.As I live, declares theLord,you shall put them all on as an ornament;you shall bind them on as a bride does.
49 : 19 Surely your waste and your desolate placesand your devastated land&emdash;surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
49 : 20 The children of your bereavementwill yet say in your ears:The place is too narrow for me;make room for me to dwell in.
49 : 21 Then you will say in your heart:Who has borne me these?I was bereaved and barren,exiled and put away,but who has brought up these?Behold, I was left alone;from where have these come?
49 : 22 Thus says the LordGod:Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,and raise my signal to the peoples;and they shall bring your sons in their arms,and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
49 : 23 Kings shall be your foster fathers,and their queens your nursing mothers.With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,andlick the dust of your feet.Then you will know that I am theLord;those who wait for meshall not be put to shame.
49 : 24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,or the captives of a tyrantbe rescued?
49 : 25 For thus says theLord: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.
49 : 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,and they shall be drunkwith their own blood as with wine.Then all flesh shall knowthatI am theLordyour Savior,and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.