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I will proclaim the decree of the Lord,
    he said to me, “You are my son;
    today I have begotten you.(A)

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27 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,(A)
    my God, the Rock of my salvation!’

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B. Expiation of Sin, Spiritual Liberation of Israel

Chapter 49

The Servant of the Lord[a]

Hear me, coastlands,
    listen, distant peoples.(A)
Before birth the Lord called me,
    from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:1–7 The second of the four “servant of the Lord” oracles (cf. note on 42:1–4).
  2. 49:1 Gave me my name: designated me for a special task or mission (cf. Jer 1:5).