Isaiah 49:1-6

The Servant Brings Salvation

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Coastlands,^(a) listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called^(A) me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.^(B)

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He made my words like a sharp sword;^(C)
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.^(D)
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

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He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel;^(E)
I will be glorified in him.”

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But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.

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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—

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He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,^(F)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”^(G)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 49:1: Or Islands

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 49:1: Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 1:5

B. Isaiah 49:1: Luke 1:15

C. Isaiah 49:2: Isaiah 11:4; Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 2:12; Hebrews 2:16

D. Isaiah 49:2: Isaiah 51:16

E. Isaiah 49:3: Isaiah 41:8-9; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:5-7; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 53:11; Ezekiel 34:23-24; Acts 3:13

F. Isaiah 49:6: Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 51:4; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; Acts 26:23

G. Isaiah 49:6: Acts 13:47