Isaiah 49:7-20
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7 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.”(A)
Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home
8 Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor 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,(B)
9 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;(C)
10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down,
for he who has pity on them will lead them
and by springs of water will guide them.(D)
11 And I will turn all my mountains into a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.(E)
12 Look, some shall come from far away,
some from the north and from the west,
and some from the land of Syene.[c](F)
13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his suffering ones.(G)
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”(H)
15 Can a woman forget her nursing child
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these might forget,
yet I will not forget you.(I)
16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.(J)
17 Your builders outdo your destroyers,[d]
and those who laid you waste go away from you.(K)
18 Lift up your eyes all around and see;
they all gather; they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
you shall put all of them on like an ornament,
and like a bride you shall bind them on.(L)
19 For your wastelands, your desolate places,
and your devastated land—
now you will be too crowded for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.(M)
20 The children born in the time of your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing:
“The place is too crowded for me;
make room for me to settle.”(N)
Isaiah 49:7-20
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7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)—
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”
Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
“In the time of my favor(G) I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;(H)
I will keep(I) you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people,(J)
to restore the land(K)
and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(L)
9 to say to the captives,(M) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,(N) ‘Be free!’
“They will feed beside the roads
and find pasture on every barren hill.(O)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(P)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(Q)
He who has compassion(R) on them will guide(S) them
and lead them beside springs(T) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(U) will be raised up.(V)
12 See, they will come from afar(W)—
some from the north, some from the west,(X)
some from the region of Aswan.[a]”
13 Shout for joy,(Y) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(Z)
burst into song, you mountains!(AA)
For the Lord comforts(AB) his people
and will have compassion(AC) on his afflicted ones.(AD)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(AG) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(AH)
16 See, I have engraved(AI) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(AJ) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(AK) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(AL) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(AM)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(AN) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(AO)
and your land laid waste,(AP)
now you will be too small for your people,(AQ)
and those who devoured(AR) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’(AS)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
Isaiah 55:11
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11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.(A)
Isaiah 55:11
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Jeremiah 32:15
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15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.”(A)
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Jeremiah 32:15
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15 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’(A)
Jeremiah 32:44
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44 Fields shall be bought for silver, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, of the hill country, of the Shephelah, and of the Negeb, for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:44
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44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds(A) will be signed, sealed and witnessed(B) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,(C) because I will restore(D) their fortunes,[a] declares the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 32:44 Or will bring them back from captivity
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