Isaiah:49:1-7

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ylt @Isaiah:49:1 @Hearken , O isles , unto me , And attend , O peoples , from afar , Jehovah from the womb hath called me , From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name . ylt @Isaiah:49:2 @And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword , In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me , And He maketh me for a clear arrow , In His quiver He hath hid me . ylt @Isaiah:49:3 @And He saith to me , 'My servant Thou art , O Israel , In whom I beautify Myself .' ylt @Isaiah:49:4 @And I said , 'For a vain thing I laboured , For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed , But my judgment [is ] with Jehovah , And my wage with my God . ylt @Isaiah:49:5 @And now , said Jehovah , who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him , To bring back Jacob unto Him , (Though Israel is not gathered , Yet I am honoured in the eyes of Jehovah , And my God hath been my strength .) ylt @Isaiah:49:6 @And He saith , 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob , And the preserved of Israel to bring back , And I have given thee for a light of nations , To be My salvation unto the end of the earth .' ylt @Isaiah:49:7 @Thus said Jehovah , Redeemer of Israel , His Holy One , To the despised in soul , To the abominated of a nation , To the servant of rulers : 'Kings see , and have risen , princes , and worship , For the sake of Jehovah , who is faithful , The Holy of Israel , and He chooseth thee .'

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