Isaiah 49
49:1Hear, O islands! and take heed, O nations! Through a long time it shall be established, says the lord. From out of the belly of my mother he called my name.
49:2And he made my mouth as a sharp sword, and under the protection of his hand he hid me. He made me as a chosen arrow; and in his quiver he hid me.
49:3And he said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, and in you I shall be glorified.
49:4And I said, Uselessly I tired in vain, and for nothing I gave my strength. On account of this my judgment is from the lord, and my toil before my God.
49:5And now, thus says the lord, the one shaping me from out of the belly, to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him, And Israel I shall have gathered, and I shall be glorified before the lord, and my God will be my strength.
49:6And he said, It is a great thing for you to be called my servant; to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to return the dispersion of Israel. Behold, I have given you for a covenant of a race, for a light of nations, for you to be for deliverance unto the end of the earth.
49:7Thus says the lord, the one rescuing you, the God of Israel, Sanctify the one treating his life as worthless, the one being abhorred by the nations of the servant of the rulers. Kings shall see him, and rulers shall rise up, and they shall do obeisance to him because of the lord; for the holy one of Israel is trustworthy, and I chose you.
49:8Thus says the lord, In the accepted time I heeded you, and in the day of deliverance I helped you, and I shaped you, and I gave you for a covenant of nations, to establish the earth, and to inherit desolate inheritances.
49:9Saying to the ones in bonds, Come forth! and to the ones in the darkness to be uncovered. In all the ways they shall be grazing, even in all the roads of their pasture.
49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst, nor shall a burning wind strike them, nor sun. But the one who shows mercy on them shall comfort them, and by springs of waters he shall lead them.
49:11And I will establish every mountain for a way, and every road for a pasture to them.
49:12Behold, these shall come from a distance; these from north, and west, and others from out of the land of the Persians.
49:13Be glad, O heavens, and exult, O earth! Break asunder, O mountains, with gladness! for God showed mercy on his people, and the humble of his people he comforted.
49:14Zion said, The lord abandoned me, and, My Lord forgot.
49:15Shall a woman forget her child, or to not show mercy on on the progeny of her belly? But even if a woman might forget these things, I will not forget you, says the lord.
49:16Behold, upon my hands I portrayed your walls; and you are always before me.
49:17And quickly you shall be built by whom you were demolished; and the ones making you desolate shall go forth from out of you.
49:18Lift up round about your eyes, and perceive all! Behold, they were brought together, and they come to you. As I live, says the lord, that, You shall clothe yourself with them all as an ornament, and you shall put them on as an ornament of a bride.
49:19For your desolate places, and the places utterly destroyed, and the places having fallen down, that now they shall be confining because of the ones dwelling, and the ones swallowing you down will be far from you.
49:20For your sons whom you have lost shall say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me, make for me a place that I shall dwell!
49:21And you shall say in your heart, Who engendered to me these? For I am childless and a widow, a sojourner and excluded. But these, who nourished for me? For I was left alone. But these from where were these to me?
49:22Thus says the Lord, the lord, Behold, I lift my hand unto the nations, and unto the islands I shall lift my agreed upon sign. And they shall lead your sons in their bosom; and they shall lift your daughters upon their shoulders.
49:23And kings shall be your wet-nurses; and their ruling women your nurses. They shall do obeisance to you upon the face of the earth, and the dust of your feet they shall lick. And you shall know that I am the lord, and the ones waiting for me shall not be ashamed.
49:24Will anyone take spoils from a giant? and if anyone should be captured unjustly, shall he be delivered?
49:25For thus says the lord, If any should capture a giant, he shall take the spoils. And the one taking from the one being strong, shall be delivered. But I will plead your case, and I will rescue your sons.
49:26And the ones afflicting you shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be intoxicated. And all flesh shall perceive that I am the lord, the one rescuing you, and assisting the strength of Jacob.