Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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
.
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
.
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.
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 saith
to me, `
My servant Thou
art
, O
Israel, In whom I beautify
Myself
. '
He said
to Me, “You
are
My Servant, Israel, in whom I will
display
My
glory
. ”
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.
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. ”
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 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
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. '
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. ”
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 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
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 .
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 ,
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.
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
.
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.
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
.
And
I have
made
all My mountains for
a
way
, And My highways are
lifted
up.
I will
turn
all My mountains into
roads
, and My highways will
be
raised
up.
Lo
, these
from
afar
come in,
And
lo
, these
from the north ,
and from the sea
, And these
from the land of Sinim
.
Behold
, they
will
come from
far
away
, from the north and from the west
, and from the land of Aswan
. ”
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
.
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.
And
Zion saith
, `Jehovah
hath
forsaken me ,
And
my
Lord hath
forgotten me .'
But
Zion said
, “The
LORD
has
forsaken me ;
the
Lord has
forgotten me !”
Forget
doth
a woman her suckling
, The
loved
one
--
the son of her womb? Yea,
these
forget --
but
I
--
I forget
not thee.
“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!
Lo
, on the palms of the
hand
I
have
graven
thee,
Thy
walls `
are '
before Me continually
.
Behold
, I
have
inscribed
you
on the palms of My
hands;
your
walls are ever
before Me.
Hastened
have
those
building
thee,
Those
destroying
thee,
and laying
thee
waste,
go
out
from thee
.
Your
builders
hasten
back;
your
destroyers
and wreckers
depart
from you
.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
. '
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
. ’
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?
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
? ’”
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
. ”
Is
prey
taken
from the mighty ?
And
the captive
of the
righteous
delivered?
Can
the
plunder
be
snatched
from the mighty ,
or
the captives
of a
tyrant
be
delivered?
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.
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
.
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 !'
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 .”
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