Isaiah 49:1–6

Yahweh’s Servant Brings Salvation

49 Listen to me, coastlands,

and listen attentively, peoples from far away!

Yahweh called me from the womb;

from the ⌊body⌋a of my mother he made my name known.

2 And he ⌊made⌋b my mouth like a sharp sword;

he hid me in the shadow of his hand,

and he ⌊made⌋c me like a sharpened arrow;

he hid me in his quiver.

3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,

Israel, in whom I will show my glory.”

4 Butd I myself said, “I have labored ine vain;

I have used up my strength for nothing and vanity!

Nevertheless, my justice is with Yahweh,

and my reward is with my God.”

5 And now Yahweh says,

who formed me from the womb as a servant for him,

to bring Jacob back to him,

and that Israel might notf be gathered,

forg I am honored in the eyes of Yahweh,

and my God has become my strength.

6 And he says, “It is trivial ⌊for you to be⌋h a servant for me,

to raise up the tribes of Jacob

and to bring back the preserved of Israel.

I will give you as a light to the nations,

to be my salvation to the end of the earth.”