1 Listen 8085, O isles 339, unto me; and hearken 7181, ye people 3816, from far 7350; The LORD 3068 hath called 7121 me from the womb 990; from the bowels 4578 of my mother 517 hath he made mention 2142 of my name 8034.
2 And he hath made 7760 my mouth 6310 like a sharp 2299 sword 2719; in the shadow 6738 of his hand 3027 hath he hid 2244 me, and made 7760 me a polished 1305 shaft 2671; in his quiver 827 hath he hid 5641 me;
3 And said 559 unto me, Thou art my servant 5650, O Israel 3478, in whom I will be glorified 6286.
4 Then I said 559, I have laboured 3021 in vain 7385, I have spent 3615 my strength 3581 for nought 8414, and in vain 1892: yet surely 403 my judgment 4941 is with the LORD 3068, and my work 6468 with my God 430.
5 And now, saith 559 the LORD 3068 that formed 3335 me from the womb 990 to be his servant 5650, to bring 7725 0 Jacob 3290 again 7725 to him, Though Israel 3478 be not gathered 622, yet shall I be glorious 3513 in the eyes 5869 of the LORD 3068, and my God 430 shall be my strength 5797.
6 And he said 559, It is a light thing 7043 that thou shouldest be my servant 5650 to raise up 6965 the tribes 7626 of Jacob 3290, and to restore 7725 the preserved 5341 5336 of Israel 3478: I will also give 5414 thee for a light 216 to the Gentiles 1471, that thou mayest be my salvation 3444 unto the end 7097 of the earth 776.
7 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, the Redeemer 1350 of Israel 3478, and his Holy One 6918, to him whom man 5315 despiseth 960, to him whom the nation 1471 abhorreth 8581, to a servant 5650 of rulers 4910, Kings 4428 shall see 7200 and arise 6965, princes 8269 also shall worship 7812, because of the LORD 3068 that is faithful 539, and the Holy One 6918 of Israel 3478, and he shall choose 977 thee.
8 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, In an acceptable 7522 time 6256 have I heard 6030 thee, and in a day 3117 of salvation 3444 have I helped 5826 thee: and I will preserve 5341 thee, and give 5414 thee for a covenant 1285 of the people 5971, to establish 6965 the earth 776, to cause to inherit 5157 the desolate 8074 heritages 5159;
9 That thou mayest say 559 to the prisoners 631, Go forth 3318; to them that are in darkness 2822, Shew 1540 yourselves. They shall feed 7462 in the ways 1870, and their pastures 4830 shall be in all high places 8205.
10 They shall not hunger 7456 nor thirst 6770; neither shall the heat 8273 nor sun 8121 smite 5221 them: for he that hath mercy 7355 on them shall lead 5090 them, even by the springs 4002 of water 4325 shall he guide 5095 them.
11 And I will make 7760 all my mountains 2022 a way 1870, and my highways 4546 shall be exalted 7311.
12 Behold, these shall come 935 from far 7350: and, lo, these from the north 6828 and from the west 3220; and these from the land 776 of Sinim 5515.
13 Sing 7442, O heavens 8064; and be joyful 1523, O earth 776; and break forth 6476 into singing 7440, O mountains 2022: for the LORD 3068 hath comforted 5162 his people 5971, and will have mercy 7355 upon his afflicted 6041.
14 But Zion 6726 said 559, The LORD 3068 hath forsaken 5800 me, and my Lord 136 hath forgotten 7911 me.
15 Can a woman 802 forget 7911 her sucking child 5764, that she should not have compassion 7355 on the son 1121 of her womb 990? yea, they may forget 7911, yet will I not forget 7911 thee.
16 Behold, I have graven 2710 thee upon the palms of my hands 3709; thy walls 2346 are continually 8548 before me.
17 Thy children 1121 shall make haste 4116; thy destroyers 2040 and they that made thee waste 2717 shall go forth 3318 of thee.
18 Lift up 5375 thine eyes 5869 round about 5439, and behold 7200: all these gather themselves together 6908, and come 935 to thee. As I live 2416, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, thou shalt surely clothe 3847 thee with them all, as with an ornament 5716, and bind 7194 them on thee, as a bride 3618 doeth.
19 For thy waste 2723 and thy desolate places 8074, and the land 776 of thy destruction 2035, shall even now be too narrow 3334 by reason of the inhabitants 3427, and they that swallowed thee up 1104 shall be far away 7368.
20 The children 1121 which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost 7923 the other, shall say 559 again in thine ears 241, The place 4725 is too strait 6862 for me: give 5066 place 4725 to me that I may dwell 3427.
21 Then shalt thou say 559 in thine heart 3824, Who hath begotten 3205 me these, seeing I have lost my children 7921, and am desolate 1565, a captive 1540, and removing to and fro 5493? and who hath brought up 1431 these? Behold, I was left 7604 alone; these, where 375 had they been?
22 Thus saith 559 the Lord 136 GOD 3069, Behold, I will lift up 5375 mine hand 3027 to the Gentiles 1471, and set up 7311 my standard 5251 to the people 5971: and they shall bring 935 thy sons 1121 in their arms 2684, and thy daughters 1323 shall be carried 5375 upon their shoulders 3802.
23 And kings 4428 shall be thy nursing fathers 539, and their queens 8282 thy nursing mothers 3243: they shall bow down 7812 to thee with their face 639 toward the earth 776, and lick up 3897 the dust 6083 of thy feet 7272; and thou shalt know 3045 that I am the LORD 3068: for they shall not be ashamed 954 that wait 6960 for me.
24 Shall the prey 4455 be taken 3947 from the mighty 1368, or the lawful 6662 captive 7628 delivered 4422?
25 But thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Even the captives 7628 of the mighty 1368 shall be taken away 3947, and the prey 4455 of the terrible 6184 shall be delivered 4422: for I will contend 7378 with him that contendeth 3401 with thee, and I will save 3467 thy children 1121.
26 And I will feed 398 them that oppress 3238 thee with their own flesh 1320; and they shall be drunken 7937 with their own blood 1818, as with sweet wine 6071: and all flesh 1320 shall know 3045 that I the LORD 3068 am thy Saviour 3467 and thy Redeemer 1350, the mighty One 46 of Jacob 3290.