Isaiah 49:1–13

Listen, ^aO isles, unto me;

And hearken, ye people, ^bfrom far;

^cThe Lord hath called me ^dfrom the womb;

From the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

²And he hath made ^emy mouth ^flike a sharp sword;

^gIn the shadow of his hand hath he hid me,

And made me ^ha polished shaft;

In his quiver hath he hid me;

³And said unto me, ⁱThou art my servant,

O Israel, ^kin whom I will be glorified.

⁴Then I said, ^lI have laboured in vain,

I have spent my strength ^mfor nought, and in vain:

Yet surely ⁿmy judgment is with the Lord,

And ^||my work with my God.

⁵And now, saith ^cthe Lord ^othat formed me ^dfrom the womb to be his servant,

To bring Jacob again to him,

^||Though Israel be not gathered,

Yet shall I ^pbe glorious in the eyes of the Lord,

And my God shall be my strength.

⁶And he said, ^||qIt is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob,

And to restore the ^||rpreserved of Israel:

^sI will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,

That thou mayest be ^tmy salvation unto the end of the earth.

^7uThus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,

^v||To him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers,

^wKings shall see and arise,

Princes also shall worship,

Because of ^xthe Lord that is faithful,

And the Holy One of Israel, and ^yhe shall choose thee.

⁸Thus saith the Lord,

^zIn an acceptable time have I heard thee,

And in a day of salvation have I helped thee:

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

To ^||establish the earth, ^aato cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

⁹That thou mayest say ^bcto the prisoners, Go forth;

^bTo them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.

They shall feed in the ways,

And their pastures shall be in all high places.

^10dThey shall not hunger nor thirst;

^eNeither shall ^fthe heat nor sun smite them:

For he that hath mercy on them ^gshall lead them,

Even by ^hthe springs of water ^gshall he guide them.

¹¹And ⁱI will make all my mountains a way,

And my highways shall be exalted.

¹²Behold, ^kthese shall come from far:

And, lo, these ^lfrom the north and ^lfrom the west;

And these from the land of Sinim.

^13mSing, O heavens; and ⁿbe joyful, O earth;

And ^mbreak forth into singing, ^oO mountains:

For the Lord hath comforted his people,

And will have mercy upon his afflicted.