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Isaiah 49

Salvation Reaches to the End of the Earth

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Listen to Me, O  aislands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar.  bThe LORD called Me from the womb; From the  1body of My mother He named Me.

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He has made My  amouth like a sharp sword, In the  bshadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a  1select  carrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.

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He said to Me, " aYou are My Servant, Israel,  bIn Whom I will  1show My glory."

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But I said, "I have  atoiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD, And My  breward with My God."

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And now says  athe LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that  bIsrael might be gathered to Him (For I am  chonored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My  dstrength),

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He says, "It is too  1small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the  apreserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a  blight  2of the nations So that My salvation may  3reach to the  cend of the earth."

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Thus says the LORD, the  aRedeemer of Israel and its Holy One, To the  bdespised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of rulers, " cKings will see and arise, Princes will also  dbow down, Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You."

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Thus says the LORD, "In a  afavorable time I have answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will  bkeep You and  cgive You for a covenant of the people, To  1 drestore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

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Saying to those who are  abound, `Go forth,' To those who are in darkness, `Show yourselves.' Along the roads they will feed, And their pasture will be on all  bbare heights.

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"They will  anot hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching  bheat or sun strike them down; For  cHe who has compassion on them will  dlead them And will guide them to  esprings of water.

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"I will make all  aMy mountains a road, And My  bhighways will be raised up.

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"Behold, these will come  afrom afar; And lo, these will come from the  bnorth and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim."

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 aShout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the  bLORD has comforted His people And will  chave compassion on His afflicted.

Promise to Zion

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But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me."

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"Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but  aI will not forget you.

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"Behold, I have  ainscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your  bwalls are continually before Me.

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"Your  1builders hurry; Your  adestroyers and devastators Will depart from you.

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aLift up your eyes and look around;  bAll of them gather together,  cthey come to you.  dAs I live," declares the LORD, "You will surely  eput on all of them as  1jewels and bind them on as a bride.

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"For  ayour waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be  btoo cramped for the inhabitants, And those who  cswallowed you will be far away.

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"The  achildren of  1whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, `The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.'

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"Then you will  asay in your heart, `Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am  bbarren, an  cexile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was  dleft alone;  1 eFrom where did these come?' "

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Thus says the Lord  1GOD, "Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My  astandard to the peoples; And they will  bbring your sons in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

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aKings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will  bbow down to you with their faces to the earth And  click the dust of your feet; And you will  dknow that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully  ewait for Me will  fnot be put to shame.

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aCan the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of  1a tyrant be rescued?"

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Surely, thus says the LORD, "Even the  acaptives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will  bsave your sons.

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"I will feed your  aoppressors with their  bown flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And  call flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your  dSavior And your  eRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."



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