49:1 Listen
to
me,
O
coastlands,
and
give
attention,
you
peoples
from
afar.
The
LORD
called
me
from
the
womb,
from
the
body
of
my
mother
he
named
my
name.
49:2 He
made
my
mouth
like
a
sharp
sword;
in
the
shadow
of
his
hand
he
hid
me;
he
made
me
a
polished
arrow;
in
his
quiver
he
hid
me
away.
49:3 And
he
said
to
me,
"You
are
my
servant,
Israel,
in
whom
I
will
be
glorified."
49:4 But
I
said,
"I
have
labored
in
vain;
I
have
spent
my
strength
for
nothing
and
vanity;
yet
surely
my
right
is
with
the
LORD,
and
my
recompense
with
my
God."
49:5 And
now
the
LORD
says,
he
who
formed
me
from
the
womb
to
be
his
servant,
to
bring
Jacob
back
to
him;
and
that
Israel
might
be
gathered
to
him--
for
I
am
honored
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
and
my
God
has
become
my
strength--
49:6 he
says:
"It
is
too
light
a
thing
that
you
should
be
my
servant
to
raise
up
the
tribes
of
Jacob
and
to
bring
back
the
preserved
of
Israel;
I
will
make
you
as
a
light
for
the
nations,
that
my
salvation
may
reach
to
the
end
of
the
earth."
49:7 Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
Redeemer
of
Israel
and
his
Holy
One,
to
one
deeply
despised,
abhorred
by
the
nation,
the
servant
of
rulers:
"Kings
shall
see
and
arise;
princes,
and
they
shall
prostrate
themselves;
because
of
the
LORD,
who
is
faithful,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
who
has
chosen
you."
49:8 Thus
says
the
LORD:
"In
a
time
of
favor
I
have
answered
you;
in
a
day
of
salvation
I
have
helped
you;
I
will
keep
you
and
give
you
as
a
covenant
to
the
people,
to
establish
the
land,
to
apportion
the
desolate
heritages,
49:9 saying
to
the
prisoners,
'Come
out,'
to
those
who
are
in
darkness,
'Appear.'
They
shall
feed
along
the
ways;
on
all
bare
heights
shall
be
their
pasture;
49:10 they
shall
not
hunger
or
thirst,
neither
scorching
wind
nor
sun
shall
strike
them,
for
he
who
has
pity
on
them
will
lead
them,
and
by
springs
of
water
will
guide
them.
49:11 And
I
will
make
all
my
mountains
a
road,
and
my
highways
shall
be
raised
up.
49:12 Behold,
these
shall
come
from
afar,
and
behold,
these
from
the
north
and
from
the
west,
and
these
from
the
land
of
Syene."
49:13 Sing
for
joy,
O
heavens,
and
exult,
O
earth;
break
forth,
O
mountains,
into
singing!
For
the
LORD
has
comforted
his
people
and
will
have
compassion
on
his
afflicted.
49:14 But
Zion
said,
"The
LORD
has
forsaken
me;
my
Lord
has
forgotten
me."
49:15 "Can
a
woman
forget
her
nursing
child,
that
she
should
have
no
compassion
on
the
son
of
her
womb
Even
these
may
forget,
yet
I
will
not
forget
you.
49:16 Behold,
I
have
engraved
you
on
the
palms
of
my
hands;
your
walls
are
continually
before
me.
49:17 Your
builders
make
haste;
your
destroyers
and
those
who
laid
you
waste
go
out
from
you.
49:18 Lift
up
your
eyes
around
and
see;
they
all
gather,
they
come
to
you.
As
I
live,
declares
the
LORD,
you
shall
put
them
all
on
as
an
ornament;
you
shall
bind
them
on
as
a
bride
does.
49:19 "Surely
your
waste
and
your
desolate
places
and
your
devastated
land--
surely
now
you
will
be
too
narrow
for
your
inhabitants,
and
those
who
swallowed
you
up
will
be
far
away.
49:20 The
children
of
your
bereavement
will
yet
say
in
your
ears:
'The
place
is
too
narrow
for
me;
make
room
for
me
to
dwell
in.'
49:21 Then
you
will
say
in
your
heart:
'Who
has
borne
me
these
I
was
bereaved
and
barren,
exiled
and
put
away,
but
who
has
brought
up
these
Behold,
I
was
left
alone;
from
where
have
these
come'"
49:22 Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
"Behold,
I
will
lift
up
my
hand
to
the
nations,
and
raise
my
signal
to
the
peoples;
and
they
shall
bring
your
sons
in
their
bosom,
and
your
daughters
shall
be
carried
on
their
shoulders.
49:23 Kings
shall
be
your
foster
fathers,
and
their
queens
your
nursing
mothers.
With
their
faces
to
the
ground
they
shall
bow
down
to
you,
and
lick
the
dust
of
your
feet.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
LORD;
those
who
wait
for
me
shall
not
be
put
to
shame."
49:24 Can
the
prey
be
taken
from
the
mighty,
or
the
captives
of
a
tyrant
be
rescued
49:25 For
thus
says
the
LORD:
"Even
the
captives
of
the
mighty
shall
be
taken,
and
the
prey
of
the
tyrant
be
rescued,
for
I
will
contend
with
those
who
contend
with
you,
and
I
will
save
your
children.
49:26 I
will
make
your
oppressors
eat
their
own
flesh,
and
they
shall
be
drunk
with
their
own
blood
as
with
wine.
Then
all
flesh
shall
know
that
I
am
the
LORD
your
Savior,
and
your
Redeemer,
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob."