Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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 ,
isles,
to me; and
listen
, you
peoples ,
from
far
: Yahweh
has
called me from the womb; from the bowels
of my mother has
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 has
made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has
he hid
me:
and
he
has
made me a polished shaft
; in his quiver has
he
kept
me
close:
He said to Me, “
You are My Servant ,
Israel, in whom I will display
My
glory
. ”
and
he said to me, You are 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
nothing
and vanity; yet surely
the
justice
[due]
to
me
is with Yahweh
, 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 —
Now says Yahweh
who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again
to him, and
that Israel be gathered to him (
for I am honorable
in the eyes
of Yahweh
, 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. ”
yes,
he says ,
It is too
light
a
thing
that
you should
be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved
of Israel :
I will also give
you for
a light to
the Gentiles
, that
you
may
be
my salvation to 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 says Yahweh
, the Redeemer of
Israel,
[
and ]
his
Holy One, to him whom
man
despises,
to
him
whom
the nation abhors
, to a
servant of rulers: Kings shall
see and arise;
princes, and
they
shall
worship;
because of Yahweh
who is faithful, [even]
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
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
says Yahweh,
In an
acceptable
time have
I answered
you, and in a
day of salvation have
I helped
you; and
I will preserve
you ,
and give
you for
a covenant of
the people, to raise
up
the land, to make
them
inherit
the
desolate heritage:
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 those
who
are
bound
, Go
forth;
to those who
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 strike
them :
for he who has 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
.
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
. ”
Behold, these
shall
come from far ;
and
, behold,
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
, heavens; and
be
joyful
, earth; and
break forth into
singing
, mountains :
for Yahweh
has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
But Zion said, “The
LORD
has forsaken me ;
the Lord has forgotten me !”
But Zion said, Yahweh
has forsaken me ,
and
the Lord has 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? yes,
these
may
forget, yet
I will not forget you .
Behold, I have inscribed
you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever
before Me.
Behold, I have engraved
you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually
before me.
Your builders
hasten
back
; your destroyers and wreckers
depart
from you.
Your children
make
haste
; your destroyers and those
who
made
you
waste
shall
go
forth
from you.
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 your eyes round
about,
and see:
all these
gather themselves
together ,
and
come to you. As I live, says
Yahweh
, you shall
surely
clothe
you
with
them all as with
an
ornament,
and gird
yourself
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
your waste
and your
desolate places ,
and your land that
has
been
destroyed,
surely
now shall
you
be too small for the
inhabitants
, and those who swallowed
you 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 your bereavement shall
yet
say in your ears
, The
place is too small 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 shall
you say in your heart, Who has conceived
these for me ,
seeing
I have
been
bereaved of
my
children,
and am
solitary,
an
exile,
and wandering
back
and
forth?
and
who has 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
says
the Lord Yahweh,
Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set
up
my ensign
to the peoples ;
and
they shall
bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall
be
carried
on 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
. ”
Kings shall
be your nursing
fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers :
they shall
bow down
to you with
their
faces
to
the
earth,
and lick the dust of
your feet ;
and
you shall
know that I am Yahweh
; and
those who wait
for
me shall
not
be disappointed
.
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
says Yahweh,
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
who contends
with you, and I will save your 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. ”
I will feed
those
who
oppress
you
with
their own flesh; and
they shall
be drunken
with
their own blood, as with sweet
wine :
and
all flesh
shall
know that I, Yahweh
, am your Savior ,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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