Isaiah 49:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

‘Kings will see you and they will rise up to respect you.
    Princes will bend down low in front of you.
They will see that the Lord is faithful.
He is Israel's Holy God,
    who has chosen you to serve him.’

‘I will answer your prayers
    at the time that I have chosen to help you.
Yes, I will come to save you on that day.
I will keep you safe,
    so that I can make a covenant with people through you.
You will make the land safe again.
People will return to live there,
    in places that had become empty.
⁹ You will say to the prisoners,
    “Come out!”
You will say to people who are in dark prisons,
    “Come outside!”
Then they will be free to find food for themselves.
    They will eat along the road and on the tops of the hills.