Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Listen to
Me
, O islands
; pay
attention
, O
distant
peoples: The
LORD
called Me from the womb; from the body
of My mother He named
Me.
Listen, O isles,
unto
me
; and
hearken
, ye
peoples ,
from
far
: Jehovah
hath
called me from the womb; from the bowels
of my mother hath
he made
mention
of
my
name:
He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He
hid
Me
in the shadow of His hand .
He made Me like
a polished arrow
; He
hid
Me
in His quiver .
and
he hath
made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath
he hid
me:
and
he
hath
made me a polished shaft
; in his quiver hath
he
kept
me
close:
He said to
Me, “You
are
My Servant ,
Israel, in whom I will display
My
glory
. ”
and
he said unto
me, Thou
art
my servant ;
Israel, in whom I will be
glorified
.
But I said, “
I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in
futility
and vanity; yet My
vindication
is with the
LORD
, and My reward
is
with My God. ”
But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for
nought
and vanity; yet surely
the
justice
`due'
to
me
is with Jehovah
, and my recompense
with my God.
And now says
the
LORD,
who
formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back
to Him, that Israel might
be gathered to
Him —
for I am honored
in the sight
of the
LORD
, and My God is My strength —
And now saith
Jehovah
that
formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again
to him, and
that Israel be gathered unto
him (
for I am honorable
in the eyes
of Jehovah
, and my God is become
my strength );
He says:
“
It is not
enough
for
You
to
be My Servant ,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected
ones
of Israel .
I will also make
You
a light for
the nations
, to
bring
My salvation to
the ends
of the earth. ”
yea,
he saith,
It is too
light
a
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.
Thus says
the
LORD
, the Redeemer and Holy One of
Israel
, to Him who
was
despised
and
abhorred
by
the nation, to the
Servant of rulers: “
Kings will
see You
and rise,
and
princes will
bow
down
, because of the
LORD,
who
is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has
chosen You
. ”
Thus saith
Jehovah
, 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, and
they
shall
worship;
because of Jehovah
that
is faithful, `even'
the Holy One of Israel, who hath
chosen thee
.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“
In the
time of
favor
I will
answer
You
, and in the
day of salvation I will
help
You
; I will keep
You
and appoint
You
to
be
a covenant for
the people, to restore
the land, to apportion
its
desolate inheritances,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
In an
acceptable
time have
I answered
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 raise
up
the land, to make
them
inherit
the
desolate heritages:
to
say
to the
prisoners,
‘Come
out
, ’
and
to those
in darkness, ‘
Show yourselves. ’
They will
feed along
the pathways
, and find
pasture
on every
barren
hill
.
saying
to them
that
are
bound
, Go
forth;
to them
that
are
in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall
feed in
the ways
, and on all
bare
heights
shall
be
their
pasture
.
They will
not hunger or
thirst,
nor will
scorching
heat or
sun beat
down
on
them .
For He who
has
compassion
on them will guide
them
and
lead them beside
springs of water.
They shall
not hunger nor thirst;
neither
shall
the
heat nor
sun smite
them :
for he that
hath
mercy
on them will lead them ,
even
by
springs of water will
he
guide
them
.
I will turn
all My mountains into
roads
, and My highways will
be raised
up
.
And
I will make
all my mountains a
way
, and my highways shall
be exalted
.
Behold
, they
will
come from far away
, from the north and from the west ,
and from the land of Aswan
. ”
Lo
, these
shall
come from far ;
and
, lo,
these
from the north and from the west ;
and these
from the land of Sinim
.
Shout
for
joy
, O heavens; rejoice
, O earth; break forth in
song
, O mountains !
For the
LORD
has
comforted His people, and He
will have compassion on
His afflicted ones
.
Sing
, O heavens; and
be
joyful
, O earth; and
break forth into
singing
, O mountains :
for Jehovah
hath
comforted his people, and will have compassion upon
his afflicted.
But Zion said, “The
LORD
has
forsaken me ;
the Lord has
forgotten me !”
But Zion said, Jehovah
hath
forsaken me ,
and
the Lord hath
forgotten me .
“
Can a woman forget her nursing
child, or
lack
compassion for
the son of her womb? Even
if
she
could
forget, I
will not forget you!
Can a woman forget her sucking
child, that
she
should
not
have
compassion on
the son of her womb? yea,
these
may
forget, yet
will not I
forget thee.
Behold, I have inscribed
you
on
the palms of My hands; your
walls are ever
before Me.
Behold, I have graven
thee
upon
the palms of my hands; thy
walls are continually
before me.
Your
builders
hasten
back
; your
destroyers and wreckers
depart
from you
.
Thy
children
make
haste
; thy
destroyers and they
that
made
thee
waste
shall
go
forth
from thee
.
Lift up your
eyes and look
around.
They
all gather together ;
they
come to you
. As surely
as
I live, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “you
will
wear
them all as jewelry
and put
them on
like a bride.
Lift up thine
eyes round
about,
and behold:
all these
gather themselves
together ,
and
come to thee
. As I live, saith
Jehovah
, thou
shalt
surely
clothe
thee
with
them all as with
an
ornament,
and gird
thyself
with
them ,
like a bride.
For your
ruined
and desolate places and your
ravaged
land will
now indeed
be too small
for your
people
, and those
who
devoured
you
will
be far away.
For ,
as
for
thy
waste
and thy
desolate places ,
and thy
land that
hath
been
destroyed,
surely
now shalt
thou
be too strait
for the
inhabitants
, and they
that
swallowed
thee
up
shall
be far away.
Yet
the children of your
bereavement will
say in your
hearing
, ‘This
place is too small
for us
; make
room
for
us
to live
here
. ’
The children of thy
bereavement shall
yet
say in thine
ears
, The
place is too strait
for me
; give
place
to me
that
I
may
dwell
.
Then you
will
say in your
heart, ‘
Who has
begotten these
for
me ?
I was
bereaved and barren;
I
was
exiled
and rejected.
So
who has
reared
them
? Look
, I was left all
alone, so
where did
they come
from
? ’”
Then shalt
thou
say in thy
heart, Who hath
begotten me these,
seeing
I have
been
bereaved of
my
children,
and am
solitary,
an
exile,
and wandering
to
and
fro?
and
who hath
brought
up
these
? Behold
, I was left alone ;
these
, where were
they?
This
is
what
the Lord GOD
says:
“
Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise
My banner
to the peoples .
They will
bring your
sons in their arms
and carry
your
daughters on
their shoulders.
Thus
saith
the Lord Jehovah,
Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set
up
my ensign
to the peoples ;
and
they shall
bring thy
sons in their bosom,
and thy
daughters shall
be
carried
upon
their shoulders.
Kings will
be your
foster
fathers, and their queens your
nursing mothers .
They will
bow to you
facedown
and lick the dust at
your
feet .
Then
you
will
know that I am the
LORD
; those
who
hope
in
Me will
never
be put to shame. ”
And
kings shall
be thy
nursing
fathers, and their queens thy
nursing mothers :
they shall
bow down
to thee
with
their
faces
to
the
earth,
and lick the dust of
thy
feet ;
and
thou
shalt
know that I am Jehovah
; and
they
that
wait
for
me shall
not
be put to shame.
Can
the plunder
be snatched
from the mighty, or the captives of
a
tyrant
be delivered?
Shall
the prey
be taken
from the mighty, or the lawful
captives be delivered?
Indeed
, this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“
Even the captives of the mighty will
be taken away, and the plunder
of the tyrant
will
be retrieved
; I will contend with those
who
contend
with you
, and I will save your
children.
But
thus
saith
Jehovah
, 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.
I will make
your
oppressors
eat
their own flesh; they will
be drunk
on
their own blood, as with wine .
Then
all mankind
will
know that I, the
LORD
, am your
Savior
and your
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. ”
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, Jehovah
, am thy
Saviour,
and thy
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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