Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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
, 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.
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 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
saith
to
me, `My
servant
Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify
Myself
. '
And said
unto
me, Thou art my
servant
, O Israel, in whom I will
be
glorified
.
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.
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 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, 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 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. '
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.
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
, 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:
`
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.
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;
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
.
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.
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 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.
And I have
made
all My mountains for
a way, And My highways are
lifted
up
.
And I will
make
all my mountains a way, and my highways shall
be
exalted
.
Lo
, these from
afar
come in,
And lo, these from the north ,
and from the sea,
And these from the land of Sinim.
Behold
, these shall
come from
far:
and ,
lo, these from the north and from the west;
and these from the land of Sinim.
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
.
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.
And
Zion saith
, `Jehovah
hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. '
But
Zion said
, The
LORD
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath 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 sucking
child
, that
she
should
not
have
compassion
on
the son of her womb? yea, they
may
forget ,
yet
will
I not forget
thee.
Lo
, on
the
palms
of
the
hand
I have graven thee ,
Thy walls `
are '
before Me continually
.
Behold
, I have graven thee upon
the
palms
of
my
hands;
thy walls are continually
before me.
Hastened
have
those
building
thee,
Those
destroying
thee,
and laying
thee waste ,
go out
from
thee.
Thy
children
shall
make
haste;
thy
destroyers
and they
that
made
thee waste shall
go forth
of
thee.
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 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
.
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
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
.
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. '
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.
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
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
?
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.
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
.
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.
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
.
Is
prey taken from the mighty ?
And
the captive of
the
righteous
delivered?
Shall
the
prey be
taken from the mighty ,
or
the lawful
captive 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.
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
.
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 !'
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 .
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