1 Listen to Me, O islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
The LORD called Me from the womb;
From thea Lit inward partsbody of My mother He named Me. | |
2 He has made My mouth like a sharp sword,
In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me ab Or sharpenedselect arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver. | |
3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,
In Whom I willc Or glorify Myselfshow My glory.” | |
4 But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD,
And My reward with My God.” | |
5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am honored in the sight of the LORD,
And My God is My strength), | |
6 He says, “It is tood Lit lightsmall a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a lighte Or toof the nations
So that My salvation mayf Lit bereach to the end of the earth.” | |
7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
“Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also bow down,
Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.” | |
8 Thus says the LORD,
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
Tog Lit establishrestore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages; | |
9 Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all bare heights. | |
10 “They will not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;
For He who has compassion on them will lead them
And will guide them to springs of water. | |
11 “I will make all My mountains a road,
And My highways will be raised up. | |
12 “Behold, these will come from afar;
And lo, these will come from the north and from the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.” | |
13 Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted. | |
