Isaiah:49:1-7
noyes@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen to me, ye distant lands! Attend, ye nations from afar! Jehovah called me at my birth; In my very childhood he called me by name.
noyes@Isaiah:49:2 @ He made my mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of his hand did he hide me. He made me a polished shaft; In his quiver did he hide me.
noyes@Isaiah:49:3 @ He said to me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
noyes@Isaiah:49:4 @ Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.
noyes@Isaiah:49:5 @ And now thus saith Jehovah, Who formed me from my birth to be his servant To bring Jacob to him again, And that Israel might be gathered to him,For I am honored in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God is my strength,
noyes@Isaiah:49:6 @ He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.
noyes@Isaiah:49:7 @ Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised by men, abhorred by the people, To the servant of tyrants; Kings shall see, and stand up, Princes, and they shall pay homage, On account of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
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