Isaiah 49

1 Hear me far shores!

Pay attention nations of far away!

The Lord from a womb called me,

from my mother’s insides He announced my name.

2 And He set my mouth like a sharp sword,

in the shadow of His hand He hid me.

And He set me as a polished arrow,

in His quiver He concealed me.

3 And He said to me, “My servant you are,

Israel, in you I shall be glorified.”

4 And I, I said, “To emptiness I laboured,

to nothingness and void my strength I exhausted,

yet truly my judgement is with the Lord,

my wages with my God.”

5 And now spoke the Lord,

my maker, from a womb to a servant to Him,

that Jacob be brought back to Him

and Israel not gathered away,

and I am honoured in the Lord’s eyes,

and my God has become my power.

6 And He said,

“It is the smallest matter that you be to me a servant,

to raise up Jacob’s tribes,

and Israel’s preserved to lead back,

I will give even you as nations’ light,

my salvation be to the Earth’s end.

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