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Isaiah 49:1-22

49:1

Listen
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O isles
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unto me; and hearken
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ye people
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from far
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The LORD
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hath called
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me from the womb
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from the bowels
<04578>

of my mother
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hath he made mention
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of my name
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49:2

And he hath made
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my mouth
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like a sharp
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sword
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in the shadow
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of his hand
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hath he hid
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me, and made
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me a polished
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shaft
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in his quiver
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hath he hid
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me;

49:3

And said
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unto me, Thou [art] my servant
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O Israel
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in whom I will be glorified
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49:4

Then I said
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I have laboured
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in vain
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I have spent
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my strength
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for nought
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and in vain
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[yet] surely
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my judgment
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[is] with the LORD
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and my work
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with my God
<0430>_.

{my work: or, my reward}

49:5

And now, saith
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the LORD
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that formed
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me from the womb
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[to be] his servant
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to bring
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Jacob
<03290>

again
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to him, Though Israel
<03478>

be not gathered
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yet shall I be glorious
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in the eyes
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of the LORD
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and my God
<0430>

shall be my strength
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{Though...: or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc}

49:6

And he said
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It is a light thing
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that thou shouldest be my servant
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to raise up
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the tribes
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of Jacob
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and to restore
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the preserved
<05341> (8803) (8675) <05336>

of Israel
<03478>_:

I will also give
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thee for a light
<0216>

to the Gentiles
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that thou mayest be my salvation
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unto the end
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of the earth
<0776>_.

{It is...: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc} {preserved: or, desolations}

49:7

Thus saith
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the LORD
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the Redeemer
<01350> (8802)

of Israel
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[and] his Holy One
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to him whom man
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despiseth
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to him whom the nation
<01471>

abhorreth
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to a servant
<05650>

of rulers
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Kings
<04428>

shall see
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and arise
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princes
<08269>

also shall worship
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because of the LORD
<03068>

that is faithful
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[and] the Holy One
<06918>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and he shall choose
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thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in soul}

49:8

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
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In an acceptable
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time
<06256>

have I heard
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thee, and in a day
<03117>

of salvation
<03444>

have I helped
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thee: and I will preserve
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thee, and give
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thee for a covenant
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of the people
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to establish
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the earth
<0776>_,

to cause to inherit
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the desolate
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heritages
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{establish: or, raise up}

49:9

That thou mayest say
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to the prisoners
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Go forth
<03318> (8798)_;

to them that [are] in darkness
<02822>_,

Shew
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yourselves. They shall feed
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in the ways
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and their pastures
<04830>

[shall be] in all high places
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49:10

They shall not hunger
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nor thirst
<06770> (8799)_;

neither shall the heat
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nor sun
<08121>

smite
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them: for he that hath mercy
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on them shall lead
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them, even by the springs
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of water
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shall he guide
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them.

49:11

And I will make
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all my mountains
<02022>

a way
<01870>_,

and my highways
<04546>

shall be exalted
<07311> (8799)_.

49:12

Behold, these shall come
<0935> (8799)

from far
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and, lo, these from the north
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and from the west
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and these from the land
<0776>

of Sinim
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49:13

Sing
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O heavens
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and be joyful
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O earth
<0776>_;

and break forth
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into singing
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O mountains
<02022>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath comforted
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his people
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and will have mercy
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upon his afflicted
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49:14

But Zion
<06726>

said
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The LORD
<03068>

hath forsaken
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me, and my Lord
<0136>

hath forgotten
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me.

49:15

Can a woman
<0802>

forget
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her sucking child
<05764>_,

that she should not have compassion
<07355> (8763)

on the son
<01121>

of her womb
<0990>_?

yea, they may forget
<07911> (8799)_,

yet will I not forget
<07911> (8799)

thee. {that...: Heb. from having compassion}

49:16

Behold, I have graven
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thee upon the palms of [my] hands
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thy walls
<02346>

[are] continually
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before me.

49:17

Thy children
<01121>

shall make haste
<04116> (8765)_;

thy destroyers
<02040> (8764)

and they that made thee waste
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shall go forth
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of thee.

49:18

Lift up
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thine eyes
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round about
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and behold
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all these gather themselves together
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[and] come
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to thee. [As] I live
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saith
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the LORD
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thou shalt surely clothe
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thee with them all, as with an ornament
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and bind
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them [on thee], as a bride
<03618>

[doeth].

49:19

For thy waste
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and thy desolate places
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and the land
<0776>

of thy destruction
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shall even now be too narrow
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by reason of the inhabitants
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and they that swallowed thee up
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shall be far away
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49:20

The children
<01121>

which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost
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the other, shall say
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again in thine ears
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The place
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[is] too strait
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for me: give
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place
<04725>

to me that I may dwell
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49:21

Then shalt thou say
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in thine heart
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Who hath begotten
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me these, seeing I have lost my children
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and am desolate
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a captive
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and removing to and fro
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and who hath brought up
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these? Behold, I was left
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alone; these, where
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[had] they [been]?

49:22

Thus saith
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the Lord
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GOD
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Behold, I will lift up
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mine hand
<03027>

to the Gentiles
<01471>_,

and set up
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my standard
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to the people
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and they shall bring
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thy sons
<01121>

in [their] arms
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and thy daughters
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shall be carried
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upon [their] shoulders
<03802>_.

{arms: Heb. bosom}