Isaiah 49:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 Thus says the Lord,
the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
to the one who is despised
and whom the people abhor,
the slave of tyrants:
Kings will rise up when they see you,
and princes will prostrate themselves in homage,
because of the Lord who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.
The Deliverance and Restoration of Zion
8 [a]Thus says the Lord:
In a time of my favor I have answered you;
on the day of salvation I have helped you.
I have formed you and have destined you
to be a covenant to the people,
to restore the land
and to allot the desolate heritages,
9 to say to the prisoners, “Come out,”
and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”
They will find sustenance along the way,
and any bare height will serve as their pasture.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:8 The following chapters no longer speak either of Cyrus or of Babylon; their attention is focused entirely on the restoration of Jerusalem and the joy of the people as they return to the Promised Land. A new age is beginning, and the holy city will be seen rising from ruins and becoming the capital in which the glory of the Lord is manifested. But amid those hymns to the future, the figure of the Servant insistently reappears, as though to give a deeper foundation for the hope.
