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Isaiah 49:4-6
The Voice
Isaiah 49:4-6
The Voice
4 I said, “I’ve worked hard for nothing.
I spent my strength, and what have I accomplished—nothing,
Yet my justice and reward are secure with my God, the Eternal One.”
5 And now the Eternal who watched, shaped, and made me His own servant
from the womb has determined to restore Jacob’s family;
Israel will be made right with the Eternal again.
For God has counted me worthy and He has been my strength right along.
6 Eternal One: As My servant you will do even more than this,
even more than restoring Jacob’s family to Me
And making Israel right with Me again.
I will make you a light for the nations,
And You will illumine them until My salvation reaches to the ends of the earth.[a]
Footnotes
Isaiah 49:4-6
New International Version
Isaiah 49:4-6
New International Version
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(A)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(B)
and my reward(C) is with my God.”(D)
5 And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb(E) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel(F) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(G) in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength(H)—
6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(I)
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(J)
I will also make you a light(K) for the Gentiles,(L)
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(M)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be
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