Isaiah 49:7-9

Lexham English Bible

to the one who despises^[a] life,
    to the one who abhors the nation,
    to the slave of rulers:
“Kings shall see and stand up;
    princes, and they shall bow down,
for the sake of Yahweh, who is faithful,
    the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you.”

“I have answered you in a time of favor,
    and helped you on a day of salvation,
and watched over you,
    and given you as a covenant of the people,
to raise up the land,
    to give the desolate hereditary property as an inheritance,
⁹ saying to the prisoners,^[b] “Come out!”
    to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves!”
they shall feed along^[c] the ways,
    and their pasturage shall be on all the barren heights.