Isaiah 49
49
Second Servant Song: Light of the Nations
1Listen, to Me, islands! Pay attention, peoples far away. Adonai called Me from the womb, from My mother’s belly He named Me.
2He made My mouth like a sharp sword. in the shadow of His hand He hid Me. He made Me a polished arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
3He said to Me, “You are My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely the justice due to me is with Adonai, and my reward with my God.”
5So now says Adonai, who formed Me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, to gather Israel back to Him. For I am honored in the eyes of Adonai and My God has become my strength.
6So He says, “It is too trifling a thing that You should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved ones of Israel. So I will give You as a light for the nations, that You should be My salvation to the end of the earth.”
7Thus says Adonai, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, to the One despised, to the One the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and arise, princes will also bow down, because of Adonai who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
Compassion on Zion’s Children
8Thus says Adonai: “In a time of favor I will answer you. in a day of salvation I will help you. I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the land, to make them possess its desolate inheritances,
9saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out!’ to those in darkness, ‘Be shown!’ Along the roads they will graze— their pasture will be on all the barren heights.
10They will not hunger or thirst, nor scorching wind or sun strike them, for their compassionate One will lead them, and will guide them by springs of water.
11I will make all My mountains a road, and My highways will be raised up.
12“Behold, these shall come from afar. behold, these from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.
13Shout for joy, heavens! Rejoice, earth! Break forth into ringing shouts, O mountains! For Adonai has comforted His people and has compassion on His afflicted.”
14But Zion said: “Adonai has forsaken me, Adonai has forgotten me.”
15“Can a woman forget her nursing baby or lack compassion for a child of her womb? Even if these forget, I will not forget you.
16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands. Your walls are continually before Me.
17Your children will come quickly. Your destroyers and devastators will go away from you.
18Lift up your eyes around and see: all of them will gather and come to you.” “As I live” —it is Adonai’s declaration— “you will wear them all as jewelry and bind them on like a bride.”
19For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land will now be surely too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20The children of your bereavement will yet say in your ears, “The place is too cramped for me! Make room for me to settle in.”
21Then you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me? Wasn’t I bereaved of my children— barren, an exile and wandering? So who has raised these? Behold, I was left alone— these, where were they?”
22Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Look, I will lift My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples! They will bring your sons on their chest, and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
23Kings will be your guardians, their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their face to the ground, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Adonai— those hoping in Me will not be ashamed.”
24Can plunder be taken from the mighty, or captives of the righteous freed?
25For thus says Adonai: “Yes, captives of the mighty will be taken and the prey of the tyrant will be freed. For I will oppose your adversary. I will save your children.
26I will feed your oppressors their flesh. They will be drunk with their blood as with sweet wine. Then all flesh will know that I, Adonai, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Isaiah 49
49
The Servant Brings Salvation
1Coastlands, # Or Islands listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called # Is 44:2,24; 46:3; Jr 1:5 me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb. # Lk 1:15
2He made my words like a sharp sword; # Is 11:4; Heb 4:12; Rv 1:16; 2:12,16
He hid me in the shadow of His hand. # Is 51:16
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
3He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel; # Is 41:8-9; 42:1; 49:5-7; 50:10; 52:13; 53:11; Ezk 34:23-24; Zch 3:8; Ac 3:13
I will be glorified in him.”
4But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.
5And now, says the Lord,
who formed me from the womb to be His Servant,
to bring Jacob back to Him
so that Israel might be gathered to Him;
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God is my strength —
6He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations, # Is 42:6; 51:4; Lk 2:32; Ac 13:47; 26:23
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.” # Ac 13:47
7This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer # Is 41:14; 43:14 of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people, # Or by the nation # Ps 22:6-8; 69:7-9; Is 53:3
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes # Lit princes and they will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel # Is 1:4 — and He has chosen you.” # Is 41:8-9; 42:1; 43:10,20; 44:1-2; 45:4; 65:9,15,22
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. # Ps 69:13; 2Co 6:2
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people, # Is 42:6
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
9saying to the prisoners: Come out, # Is 42:7; 61:1; Lk 4:18
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. # Is 41:18
10They will not hunger or thirst,
the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;
for their compassionate One will guide them,
and lead them to springs of water. # Ps 23:2; Is 40:11; Jn 4:10; Rv 7:16-17
11I will make all My mountains into a road,
and My highways will be raised up. # Is 40:4
12See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west, # Lit sea # Is 43:5-6
and from the land of Sinim. # DSS read of the Syenites # Perhaps modern Aswan in southern Egypt
13Shout for joy, you heavens! # Is 44:23
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted His people, # Is 40:1
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones. # Is 54:7-10; Mt 11:29
Zion Remembered
14Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;
The Lord has forgotten me! ”
15“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; # Sg 8:6; Hg 2:23
your walls are continually before Me.
17Your builders # DSS, Aq, Theod, Vg; MT, Syr, Sym read sons hurry;
those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.
18Look up, and look around.
They all gather together; they come to you. # Is 60:4
As I live” —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
“you will wear all your children # Lit all of them as jewelry,
and put them on as a bride does.
19For your waste and desolate places
and your land marked by ruins —
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants, # Is 54:1-2; Zch 10:10
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20Yet as you listen, the children
that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’ # Is 54:1-3
21Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering —
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself —
but these, where did they come from? ’ ” # Lit where are they
22This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples. # Is 11:10-12; 18:3; 62:10
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. # Is 14:2; 43:6; 60:4
23Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens # Lit princesses your nursing mothers. # Is 60:3,10-11
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet. # Is 14:1-2
Then you will know that I am Yahweh; # Is 41:20; 43:10; 60:16
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame. # Ps 25:3; Is 45:17; Jl 2:27
24Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of the righteous # DSS, Syr, Vg read fearsome one, or tyrant be delivered?
25For this is what the Lord says:
“Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken,
and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered;
I will contend with the one who contends with you,
and I will save your children.
26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, # Is 9:20
and they will be drunk with their own blood
as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh will know
that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, # Is 43:3
and your Redeemer, # Is 41:14 the Mighty One of Jacob.” # Gn 49:24; Ps 132:2,5; Is 60:16
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