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Thus says the Lord,
    the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
    the slave of rulers,
‘Kings shall see and stand up,
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.’

Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home

Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favour I have answered you,
    on a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
    as a covenant to the people,[a]
to establish the land,
    to apportion the desolate heritages;
saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out’,
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
They shall feed along the ways,
    on all the bare heights[b] shall be their pasture;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Isaiah 49:9 Or the trails

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