49LISTEN TO me, O isles {and} coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He has named my name.H8085H339H7181H3816H7350H3068H7121H990H4578H517H2142H8034 2And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand has He hid me and made me a polished arrow; in His quiver has He kept me close {and} concealed me.H7760H6310H2299H2719H6738H3027H2244H7760H1305H2671H827H5641 3And [the Lord] said to me, You are My servant, Israel [you who strive with God and with men and prevail], in whom I will be glorified.H559H5650H3478H6286 4Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God.H559H3021H7385H3615H3581H8414H1892H403H4941H3068H6468H430 5And now, says the Lord--Who formed me from the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob back to Him and that Israel might be gathered to Him {and} not be swept away, for I am honorable in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength--H559H3068H3335H990H5650H7725H3290H7725H3478H622H3513H5869H3068H430H5797 6He says, It is too light a thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors [of the judgments] of Israel; I will also give you for a light to the nations, that My salvation may extend to the end of the earth.H559H7043H5650H6965H7626H3290H7725H5341H5336H3478H5414H216H1471H3444H7097H776 7Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel's Holy One, to him whom man rejects {and} despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see you and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, Who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, Who has chosen you.H559H3068H1350H3478H6918H5315H960H1471H8581H5650H4910H4428H7200H6965H8269H7812H3068H539H6918H3478H977 8Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable {and} favorable time I have heard {and} answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you and give you for a covenant to the people, to raise up {and} establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion {and} cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their] heritages,H559H3068H7522H6256H6030H3117H3444H5826H5341H5414H1285H5971H6965H776H5157H8074H5159 9Saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, Show yourselves [come into the light of the Sun of righteousness]. They shall feed in all the ways [in which they go], and their pastures shall be [not in deserts, but] on all the bare [grass-covered] hills.H559H631H3318H2822H1540H7462H1870H4830H8205 10They will not hunger or thirst, neither will mirage [mislead] or scorching wind or sun smite them; for He Who has mercy on them will lead them, and by springs of water will He guide them.H7456H6770H8273H8121H5221H7355H5090H4002H4325H5095 11And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways will be raised up.H7760H2022H1870H4546H7311 12Behold, these shall come from afar--and, behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim (China).H935H7350H6828H3220H776H5515 13Sing for joy, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion upon His afflicted.H7442H8064H1523H776H6476H7440H2022H3068H5162H5971H7355H6041 14But Zion [Jerusalem, her people as seen in captivity] said, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.H6726H559H3068H5800H136H7911 15[And the Lord answered] Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.H802H7911H5764H7355H1121H990H7911H7911 16Behold, I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of My hands; [O Zion] your walls are continually before Me.H2710H3709H2346H8548 17Your children {and} your builders make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste go forth from you.H1121H4116H2040H2717H3318 18Lift up your eyes round about and see [the returning exiles, ready to rebuild Jerusalem]; all these gather together and come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you [Zion] shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament and bind them on you as a bride does.H5375H5869H5439H7200H6908H935H2416H5002H3068H3847H5716H7194H3618 19For your waste and desolate places and your land [once the scene] of destruction surely now [in coming years] will be too narrow to accommodate the population, and those who once swallowed you up will be far away.H2723H8074H776H2035H3334H3427H1104H7368 20The children of your bereavement [born during your captivity] shall yet say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may live.H1121H7923H559H241H4725H6862H5066H4725H3427 21Then [Zion], you will say in your heart, Who has borne me all these children, seeing that I lost my offspring and am alone {and} barren {and} unfruitful, an exile put away and wandering hither and thither? And who brought them up? Behold, I was left alone [put away by the Lord, my Husband]; from where then did all these children come?H559H3824H3205H7921H1565H1540H5493H1431H7604H375 22Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentile nations and set up My standard {and} raise high My signal banner to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in the bosom of their garments, and your daughters will be carried upon their shoulders.H559H136H3069H5375H3027H1471H7311H5251H5971H935H1121H2684H1323H5375H3802 23And kings shall be your foster fathers {and} guardians, and their queens your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know [with an acquaintance and understanding based on and grounded in personal experience] that I am the Lord; for they shall not be put to shame who wait for, look for, hope for, {and} expect Me.H4428H539H8282H3243H7812H639H776H3897H6083H7272H3045H3068H954H6960 24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives of the just be delivered?H4455H3947H1368H6662H7628H4422 25For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the prey of the terrible will be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will give safety to your children {and} ease them.H559H3068H7628H1368H3947H4455H6184H4422H7378H3401H3467H1121 26And I will make those who oppress you consume themselves [in mutually destructive wars], thus eating their own flesh; and they will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.H398H3238H1320H7937H1818H6071H1320H3045H3068H3467H1350H46H3290
Isaiah 49:12 - Prayer Tents
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