Isaiah 49Darby Translation (DARBY)
49 Listen,
O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath
called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made
mention of my name.
2 And
he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hath concealed me under
the shadow of his hand, and he hath made me a polished shaft: in his
quiver hath he hidden me.
3 And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.
4 —And
I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought
and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with
my God.
5 And
now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant,
that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered,
yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my
strength;)
6 —and
he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to
raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I
have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the end of the earth.
7 Thus
saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man
despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers:
Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of
Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
8 Thus
saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the
day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give
thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to
inherit the desolate heritages;
9 saying
to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on
all bare hills.
10 They
shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them;
for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of
water will he guide them.
11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13 Shout,
ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye
mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy
upon his afflicted ones.
14 But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Can
a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.
16 Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me.
17 Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.
18 Lift
up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves
together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed
clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a
bride doth.
19 For
[in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou
shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they
that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
21 And
thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost
my children and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath
brought up these? behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
22 Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in
[their] bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.
23 And
kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy
nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the
earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am]
Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
25 For
thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away,
and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with
him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.
26 And
I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall
be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall
know that I, Jehovah, [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One
of Jacob.
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