Listen, <H8085> O isles, <H0339> unto me; and hearken, <H7181> ye people, <H3816> from far; <H7350> The LORD <H3068> hath called <H7121> me from the womb; <H0990> from the bowels <H4578> of my mother <H0517> hath he made mention <H2142> of my name. <H8034>
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And he hath made <H7760> my mouth <H6310> like a sharp <H2299> sword; <H2719> in the shadow <H6738> of his hand <H3027> hath he hid <H2244> me, and made <H7760> me a polished <H1305> shaft; <H2671> in his quiver <H0827> hath he hid <H5641> me;
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And said <H0559> unto me, Thou [art] my servant, <H5650> O Israel, <H3478> in whom I will be glorified. <H6286>
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Then I said, <H0559> I have laboured <H3021> in vain, <H7385> I have spent <H3615> my strength <H3581> for nought, <H8414> and in vain: <H1892> [yet] surely <H0403> my judgment <H4941> [is] with the LORD, <H3068> and my work <H6468> with my God. <H0430>
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And now, saith <H0559> the LORD <H3068> that formed <H3335> me from the womb <H0990> [to be] his servant, <H5650> to bring Jacob <H3290> again <H7725> to him, Though Israel <H3478> be not gathered, <H0622> yet shall I be glorious <H3513> in the eyes <H5869> of the LORD, <H3068> and my God <H0430> shall be my strength. <H5797>
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And he said, <H0559> It is a light thing <H7043> that thou shouldest be my servant <H5650> to raise up <H6965> the tribes <H7626> of Jacob, <H3290> and to restore <H7725> the preserved <H5341> of Israel: <H3478> I will also give <H5414> thee for a light <H0216> to the Gentiles, <H1471> that thou mayest be my salvation <H3444> unto the end <H7097> of the earth. <H0776>
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Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> the Redeemer <H1350> of Israel, <H3478> [and] his Holy One, <H6918> to him whom man <H5315> despiseth, <H0960> to him whom the nation <H1471> abhorreth, <H8581> to a servant <H5650> of rulers, <H4910> Kings <H4428> shall see <H7200> and arise, <H6965> princes <H8269> also shall worship, <H7812> because of the LORD <H3068> that is faithful, <H0539> [and] the Holy One <H6918> of Israel, <H3478> and he shall choose <H0977> thee.
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Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> In an acceptable <H7522> time <H6256> have I heard <H6030> thee, and in a day <H3117> of salvation <H3444> have I helped <H5826> thee: and I will preserve <H5341> thee, and give <H5414> thee for a covenant <H1285> of the people, <H5971> to establish <H6965> the earth, <H0776> to cause to inherit <H5157> the desolate <H8074> heritages; <H5159>
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That thou mayest say <H0559> to the prisoners, <H0631> Go forth; <H3318> to them that [are] in darkness, <H2822> Shew <H1540> yourselves. They shall feed <H7462> in the ways, <H1870> and their pastures <H4830> [shall be] in all high places. <H8205>
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They shall not hunger <H7456> nor thirst; <H6770> neither shall the heat <H8273> nor sun <H8121> smite <H5221> them: for he that hath mercy <H7355> on them shall lead <H5090> them, even by the springs <H4002> of water <H4325> shall he guide <H5095> them.
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And I will make <H7760> all my mountains <H2022> a way, <H1870> and my highways <H4546> shall be exalted. <H7311>
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Behold, these shall come <H0935> from far: <H7350> and, lo, these from the north <H6828> and from the west; <H3220> and these from the land <H0776> of Sinim. <H5515>
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Sing, <H7442> O heavens; <H8064> and be joyful, <H1523> O earth; <H0776> and break forth <H6476> into singing, <H7440> O mountains: <H2022> for the LORD <H3068> hath comforted <H5162> his people, <H5971> and will have mercy <H7355> upon his afflicted. <H6041>
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But Zion <H6726> said, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> hath forsaken <H5800> me, and my Lord <H0136> hath forgotten <H7911> me.
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Can a woman <H0802> forget <H7911> her sucking child, <H5764> that she should not have compassion <H7355> on the son <H1121> of her womb? <H0990> yea, they may forget, <H7911> yet will I not forget <H7911> thee.
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Behold, I have graven <H2710> thee upon the palms of [my] hands; <H3709> thy walls <H2346> [are] continually <H8548> before me.
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Thy children <H1121> shall make haste; <H4116> thy destroyers <H2040> and they that made thee waste <H2717> shall go forth <H3318> of thee.
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Lift up <H5375> thine eyes <H5869> round about, <H5439> and behold: <H7200> all these gather themselves together, <H6908> [and] come <H0935> to thee. [As] I live, <H2416> saith <H5002> the LORD, <H3068> thou shalt surely clothe <H3847> thee with them all, as with an ornament, <H5716> and bind <H7194> them [on thee], as a bride <H3618> [doeth].
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For thy waste <H2723> and thy desolate places, <H8074> and the land <H0776> of thy destruction, <H2035> shall even now be too narrow <H3334> by reason of the inhabitants, <H3427> and they that swallowed thee up <H1104> shall be far away. <H7368>
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The children <H1121> which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost <H7923> the other, shall say <H0559> again in thine ears, <H0241> The place <H4725> [is] too strait <H6862> for me: give place <H5066> to me that I may dwell. <H3427>
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Then shalt thou say <H0559> in thine heart, <H3824> Who hath begotten <H3205> me these, seeing I have lost my children, <H7921> and am desolate, <H1565> a captive, <H1540> and removing to and fro? <H5493> and who hath brought up <H1431> these? Behold, I was left <H7604> alone; these, where <H0375> [had] they [been]?
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Thus saith <H0559> the Lord <H0136> GOD, <H3069> Behold, I will lift up <H5375> mine hand <H3027> to the Gentiles, <H1471> and set up <H7311> my standard <H5251> to the people: <H5971> and they shall bring <H0935> thy sons <H1121> in [their] arms, <H2684> and thy daughters <H1323> shall be carried <H5375> upon [their] shoulders. <H3802>
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And kings <H4428> shall be thy nursing fathers, <H0539> and their queens <H8282> thy nursing mothers: <H3243> they shall bow down <H7812> to thee with [their] face <H0639> toward the earth, <H0776> and lick up <H3897> the dust <H6083> of thy feet; <H7272> and thou shalt know <H3045> that I [am] the LORD: <H3068> for they shall not be ashamed <H0954> that wait <H6960> for me.
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Shall the prey <H4455> be taken <H3947> from the mighty, <H1368> or the lawful <H6662> captive <H7628> delivered? <H4422>
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But thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> Even the captives <H7628> of the mighty <H1368> shall be taken away, <H3947> and the prey <H4455> of the terrible <H6184> shall be delivered: <H4422> for I will contend <H7378> with him that contendeth <H3401> with thee, and I will save <H3467> thy children. <H1121>
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And I will feed <H0398> them that oppress <H3238> thee with their own flesh; <H1320> and they shall be drunken <H7937> with their own blood, <H1818> as with sweet wine: <H6071> and all flesh <H1320> shall know <H3045> that I the LORD <H3068> [am] thy Saviour <H3467> and thy Redeemer, <H1350> the mighty <H0046> One of Jacob. <H3290>