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Isaiah 49:7-16
New King James Version
Isaiah 49:7-16
New King James Version
7 Thus says the Lord,
The Redeemer of Israel, [a]their Holy One,
(A)To Him [b]whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
(B)“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“In an (C)acceptable[c] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will [d]preserve You (D)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate [e]heritages;
9 That You may say (E)to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
10 They shall neither (F)hunger nor thirst,
(G)Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
For He who has mercy on them (H)will lead them,
Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
11 (I)I will make each of My mountains a road,
And My highways shall be elevated.
12 Surely (J)these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 (K)Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.
God Will Remember Zion
14 (L)But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can(M) a woman forget her nursing child,
[f]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(N)Yet I will not forget you.
16 See, (O)I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. his or its
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. who is despised of soul
- Isaiah 49:8 favorable
- Isaiah 49:8 keep
- Isaiah 49:8 inheritances
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
Isaiah 49:7-16
New International Version
Isaiah 49:7-16
New International Version
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)—
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”
Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
“In the time of my favor(G) I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;(H)
I will keep(I) you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people,(J)
to restore the land(K)
and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(L)
9 to say to the captives,(M) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,(N) ‘Be free!’
“They will feed beside the roads
and find pasture on every barren hill.(O)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(P)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(Q)
He who has compassion(R) on them will guide(S) them
and lead them beside springs(T) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(U) will be raised up.(V)
12 See, they will come from afar(W)—
some from the north, some from the west,(X)
some from the region of Aswan.[a]”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
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