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Isaiah 49
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Israel, A Light to the Nations

49Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the LORD chose me and appointed me to be his servant.H8085H339H7181H3816H7350H3068H7121H990H4578H517H2142H8034
2He made my words as sharp as a sword. With his own hand he protected me. He made me like an arrow, sharp and ready for use.H7760H6310H2299H2719H6738H3027H2244H7760H1305H2671H827H5641
3He said to me, "Israel, you are my servant; because of you, people will praise me."H559H5650H3478H6286
4I said, "I have worked, but how hopeless it is! I have used up my strength, but have accomplished nothing." Yet I can trust the LORD to defend my cause; he will reward me for what I do.H559H3021H7385H3615H3581H8414H1892H403H4941H3068H6468H430
5Before I was born, the LORD appointed me; he made me his servant to bring back his people, to bring back the scattered people of Israel. The LORD gives me honor; he is the source of my strength.H559H3068H3335H990H5650H7725H3290H7725H3478H622H3513H5869H3068H430H5797
6The LORD said to me, "I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations - so that all the world may be saved."H559H7043H5650H6965H7626H3290H7725H5341H5336H3478H5414H216H1471H3444H7097H776
7Israel's holy God and savior says to the one who is deeply despised, who is hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect; princes also will see it, and they will bow low to honor you." This will happen because the LORD has chosen his servant; the holy God of Israel keeps his promises.H559H3068H1350H3478H6918H5315H960H1471H8581H5650H4910H4428H7200H6965H8269H7812H3068H539H6918H3478H977

The Restoration of Jerusalem

8The LORD says to his people, "When the time comes to save you, I will show you favor and answer your cries for help. I will guard and protect you and through you make a covenant with all peoples. I will let you settle once again in your land that is now laid waste.H559H3068H7522H6256H6030H3117H3444H5826H5341H5414H1285H5971H6965H776H5157H8074H5159
9I will say to the prisoners, 'Go free!' and to those who are in darkness, 'Come out to the light!' They will be like sheep that graze on the hills;H559H631H3318H2822H1540H7462H1870H4830H8205
10they will never be hungry or thirsty. Sun and desert heat will not hurt them, for they will be led by one who loves them. He will lead them to springs of water.H7456H6770H8273H8121H5221H7355H5090H4002H4325H5095
11"I will make a highway across the mountains and prepare a road for my people to travel.H7760H2022H1870H4546H7311
12My people will come from far away, from the north and the west, and from Aswan in the south."H935H7350H6828H3220H776H5515
13Sing, heavens! Shout for joy, earth! Let the mountains burst into song! The LORD will comfort his people; he will have pity on his suffering people.H7442H8064H1523H776H6476H7440H2022H3068H5162H5971H7355H6041
14But the people of Jerusalem said, "The LORD has abandoned us! He has forgotten us."H6726H559H3068H5800H136H7911
15So the LORD answers, "Can a woman forget her own baby and not love the child she bore? Even if a mother should forget her child, I will never forget you.H802H7911H5764H7355H1121H990H7911H7911
16Jerusalem, I can never forget you! I have written your name on the palms of my hands.H2710H3709H2346H8548
17"Those who will rebuild you are coming soon, and those who destroyed you will leave.H1121H4116H2040H2717H3318
18Look around and see what is happening! Your people are assembling - they are coming home! As surely as I am the living God, you will be proud of your people, as proud as a bride is of her jewels.H5375H5869H5439H7200H6908H935H2416H5002H3068H3847H5716H7194H3618
19"Your country was ruined and desolate - but now it will be too small for those who are coming to live there. And those who left you in ruins will be far removed from you.H2723H8074H776H2035H3334H3427H1104H7368
20Your people who were born in exile will one day say to you, 'This land is too small - we need more room to live in!'H1121H7923H559H241H4725H6862H5066H4725H3427
21Then you will say to yourself, 'Who bore all these children for me? I lost my children and could have no more. I was exiled and driven away - who brought these children up? I was left all alone - where did these children come from?' "H559H3824H3205H7921H1565H1540H5493H1431H7604H375
22The Sovereign LORD says to his people: "I will signal to the nations, and they will bring your children home.H559H136H3069H5375H3027H1471H7311H5251H5971H935H1121H2684H1323H5375H3802
23Kings will be like fathers to you; queens will be like mothers. They will bow low before you and honor you; they will humbly show their respect for you. Then you will know that I am the LORD; no one who waits for my help will be disappointed."H4428H539H8282H3243H7812H639H776H3897H6083H7272H3045H3068H954H6960
24Can you take away a soldier's loot? Can you rescue the prisoners of a tyrant?H4455H3947H1368H6662H7628H4422
25The LORD replies, "That is just what is going to happen. The soldier's prisoners will be taken away, and the tyrant's loot will be seized. I will fight against whoever fights you, and I will rescue your children.H559H3068H7628H1368H3947H4455H6184H4422H7378H3401H3467H1121
26I will make your oppressors kill each other; they will be drunk with murder and rage. Then all people will know that I am the LORD, the one who saves you and sets you free. They will know that I am Israel's powerful God."H398H3238H1320H7937H1818H6071H1320H3045H3068H3467H1350H46H3290


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