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Isaiah 49:8–9

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8This 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,

9saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”n

and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”

They will feed along the pathways,

and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.o

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Isaiah 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…

Cross references

  1. lPs 69:13; 2Co 6:2
  2. mIs 42:6
  3. nIs 42:7; 61:1; Lk 4:18
  4. oIs 41:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

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;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor I will answer you,

and in the day of salvation I will help you;

I will keep you and will make you

to be a covenant for the people,

to restore the land

and to reassign its desolate inheritances,

to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’

and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads

and find pasture on every barren hill.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord says:

“At just the right time, I will respond to you.

On the day of salvation I will help you.

I will protect you and give you to the people

as my covenant with them.

Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel

and assign it to its own people again.

I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’

and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’

They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures

and on hills that were previously bare.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus says Yahweh:

“I have answered you in a time of favor,

and helped you on a day of salvation,

and watched over you,

and given you as a covenant of the people,

to raise up the land,

to give the desolate hereditary property as an inheritance,

saying to the prisoners, “Come out!”

to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves!”

they shall feed along the ways,

and their pasturage shall be on all the barren heights.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord,

In an acceptable time have I heard thee,

And in a day of salvation have I helped thee:

And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people,

To establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth;

To them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.

They shall feed in the ways,

And their pastures shall be in all high places.