Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Hearken
, O isles, unto me ,
And attend
, O
peoples
, from afar,
Jehovah
from
the womb
hath called me ,
From the bowels of my mother He hath
made mention of my name.
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 ;
And he maketh
my mouth as
a sharp sword ,
In the shadow of His hand He hath
hid me, And He
maketh
me for
a clear
arrow,
In His quiver He hath
hid me .
And said
unto
me, Thou
art
my servant, O Israel, in whom I will
be
glorified
.
And He
saith
to
me, `
My servant Thou
art
, O Israel, In whom I beautify
Myself
. '
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.
And
I said, `For
a
vain
thing
I laboured, For emptiness
and vanity
my power
I
consumed,
But
my
judgment `
is '
with Jehovah
, And my wage
with my God.
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.
And now, said
Jehovah,
who
is
forming
me from the belly
for
a
servant to
Him
, To bring back
Jacob unto
Him, (
Though Israel is
not gathered, Yet I am
honoured
in the eyes of Jehovah
, And my God hath
been
my strength. )
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.
And He saith
, `
It hath
been
a light thing That thou art
to
Me
for
a
servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to
bring
back,
And
I have
given
thee for a light of
nations
, To
be My salvation unto the end of the earth. '
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.
Thus said
Jehovah
, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the
despised
in
soul
, To the abominated
of
a
nation, To the
servant of rulers :
`
Kings see ,
and have
risen
, princes ,
and
worship, For
the sake
of
Jehovah,
who
is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth
thee. '
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;
Thus said
Jehovah:
`
In a
time of
good
pleasure
I answered
thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee ,
And I keep
thee, and give thee ,
For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
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.
To
say to the bound
, Go out,
To those
in darkness, Be
uncovered
. On
the ways they
feed
, And in all high places is
their
pasture
.
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.
They do
not hunger ,
nor thirst ,
Nor smite them doth
mirage
and
sun,
For He who
is
pitying
them doth
lead them, And
by fountains
of waters
doth
tend
them.
And I will
make
all my mountains a way, and my highways shall
be
exalted
.
And I have
made
all My mountains for
a way, And My highways are
lifted
up
.
Behold
, these shall
come
from far:
and
, lo, these from the north and from the west;
and these from the land of Sinim.
Lo
, these from afar
come
in
, And
lo, these from the north ,
and from the sea,
And these from the land of Sinim.
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.
Sing, O heavens ,
and joy
, O earth ,
And break forth, O mountains ,
with
singing,
For comforted hath
Jehovah
His people, And His afflicted ones
He
doth
pity
.
But
Zion said
, The
LORD
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
And
Zion saith
, `Jehovah
hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. '
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.
Forget
doth
a woman her suckling
, The loved
one
--
the
son of her womb? Yea, these
forget --
but
I --
I
forget not
thee.
Behold
, I have graven thee upon
the
palms
of
my
hands;
thy walls are continually
before me.
Lo
, on
the
palms
of
the
hand
I have graven thee ,
Thy walls `
are '
before Me continually
.
Thy
children
shall
make
haste;
thy
destroyers
and they
that
made
thee waste shall
go forth
of
thee.
Hastened
have
those
building
thee,
Those
destroying
thee,
and laying
thee waste ,
go out
from
thee.
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
.
Lift up round about thine
eyes
and see,
All of
them
have
been
gathered
, They
have
come to thee. I live, an
affirmation
of
Jehovah!
Surely all of
them
as an ornament thou
puttest
on
, And thou
bindest
them on like
a bride.
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
.
Because
thy wastes,
and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins
, Surely
now are
straitened
because
of inhabitants, And far off
have
been
those
consuming
thee
.
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.
Again
do
the sons
of
thy
bereavement
say in thine ears :
`
The place is too strait for me ,
Come
nigh
to me --
and
I dwell. '
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
?
And
thou hast
said
in thy
heart :
`
Who hath begotten for
me --
these ?
And
I bereaved
and gloomy
, A captive, and turned
aside,
And these
--
who hath nourished
? Lo
, I --
I
was left by
myself
, these
--
whence
`are'
they?
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
.
Thus said
the Lord Jehovah:
`Lo
, I lift up unto
nations
My
hand, And unto
peoples
I
raise
up Mine
ensign,
And they have
brought
thy sons in the
bosom
, And thy daughters on
the
shoulder
are
carried.
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.
And kings have
been
thy nursing fathers, And their princesses
thy nursing mothers ;
Face
to
the
earth
--
they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they
lick
up,
And thou hast
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah,
That those
expecting
Me are
not
ashamed
.
Shall
the
prey be
taken from the mighty ,
or
the lawful
captive delivered?
Is
prey taken from the mighty ?
And
the captive of
the
righteous
delivered?
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
.
For
thus said
Jehovah:
Even the captive
of the mighty is
taken, And the prey of the terrible is
delivered ,
And
with thy
striver
I
strive
, and thy
sons
I save.
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 .
And I have
caused
thine
oppressors
to
eat
their own flesh ,
And as
new
wine
they drink
their own blood, And known
have
all flesh that I ,
Jehovah,
Thy saviour ,
and thy redeemer, `Am'
the Mighty One of Jacob !'
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