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Isaiah 49

About Isaiah Isaiah warns of judgment and promises comfort, a coming king, a suffering servant and a new creation.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.SelectedIsaiah 49:1Ask

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;SelectedIsaiah 49:2Ask

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.SelectedIsaiah 49:3Ask

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.SelectedIsaiah 49:4Ask

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.SelectedIsaiah 49:5Ask

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.SelectedIsaiah 49:6Ask

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.SelectedIsaiah 49:7Ask

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;SelectedIsaiah 49:8Ask

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.SelectedIsaiah 49:9Ask

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.SelectedIsaiah 49:10Ask

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.SelectedIsaiah 49:11Ask

Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.SelectedIsaiah 49:12Ask

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.SelectedIsaiah 49:13Ask

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.SelectedIsaiah 49:14Ask

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.SelectedIsaiah 49:15Ask

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.SelectedIsaiah 49:16Ask

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.SelectedIsaiah 49:17Ask

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.SelectedIsaiah 49:18Ask

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.SelectedIsaiah 49:19Ask

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.SelectedIsaiah 49:20Ask

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?SelectedIsaiah 49:21Ask

Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.SelectedIsaiah 49:22Ask

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.SelectedIsaiah 49:23Ask

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?SelectedIsaiah 49:24Ask

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.SelectedIsaiah 49:25Ask

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.SelectedIsaiah 49:26Ask

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