Isaiah 49:1–6

The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles

49 “Listen, aO coastlands, to Me,

And take heed, you peoples from afar!

bThe Lord has called Me from the womb;

From the 1matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

2 And He has made cMy mouth like a sharp sword;

dIn the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me,

And made Me ea polished shaft;

In His quiver He has hidden Me.”

3 “And He said to me,

f‘You are My servant, O Israel,

gIn whom I will be glorified.’

4 hThen I said, ‘I have labored in vain,

I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;

Yet surely my 2just reward is with the Lord,

And my 3work with my God.’ ”

5 “And now the Lord says,

Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,

To bring Jacob back to Him,

So that Israel iis 4gathered to Him

(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,

And My God shall be My strength),

6 Indeed He says,

‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob,

And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;

I will also give You as a jlight to the Gentiles,

That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”