Isaiah 49:6–8

6 he says,

“It is not enough for you to be my servant

raising up the tribes of Jacob

and restoring the protected ones of Israel.

I will also make you a light for the nations,f

to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”g

7 This is what the Lord,

the Redeemerh of Israel, his Holy One, says

to one who is despised,

to one abhorred by people,A,i

to a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see, princes will stand up,

and theyB will all bow down

because of the Lord, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israelj—and he has chosen you.”k

8 This is what the Lord says:

I will answer you in a time of favor,

and I will help you in the day of salvation.l

I will keep you, and I will appoint you

to be a covenant for the people,m

to restore the land,

to make them possess the desolate inheritances,