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Isaiah
Chapter 49
1
Listen, O isles, unto me
and
'hear, listen and obey' {shama`},
you
people, from far.
Jehovah/God
has called me from the womb . . .
from
the bowels of my mother
has
He made mention of my name.
2 And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.
In
the shadow of His hand has He hid me,
and
made me a polished shaft.
In his quiver has he hid me.
3
And said unto me,
You
are My servant, O Israel,
in
whom I will be glorified.
4
Then I said, I have labored in vain,
I
have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain.
Yet
surely my judgment is with Jehovah/God,
and
my work with my 'Elohiym/Godhead.
5
And now, said Jehovah/God
Who
formed/molded me from the womb
to
be His servant,
to
bring Jacob again to him,
Though
Israel be not gathered,
Yet
shall I be glorious in the eyes of Jehovah/God,
and
my 'Elohiym/Godhead shall be my strength.
6
And He said,
It
is an insignificant/'lightly esteemed' thing
that
you should be My servant
to
raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and
to restore the preserved of Israel.
I
will also give you for a Light to the Gentiles,
that
you may be My salvation
unto
the end of the earth.
7
Thus said Jehovah/God,
the
Redeemer of Israel,
and
His Holy One,
to
him whom man despises,
to
him whom the nation abhors,
to
a servant of rulers,
Kings
shall see and arise,
princes
also shall worship,
because
of Jehovah/God Who is faithful,
and
the Holy One of Israel,
and
He shall choose you.
8
Thus said Jehovah/God,
"In
an acceptable time have I heard you,
and
in a day of salvation have I helped you.
And
I will preserve you,
and
give you for a covenant of the people,
to
establish the earth,
to
cause to inherit the desolate heritages.
9
That you may say to the prisoners,
Go
forth.
To
those who are in darkness,
Show
yourselves.
They
shall feed in the ways,
and
their pastures shall be in all high places.
10
They shall not hunger nor thirst;
neither
shall the heat nor sun smite them.
For
he who has mercy on them shall lead them,
even
by the springs of water shall he guide them.
11~~And
I will make all My mountains a road,
and
My highways shall be lifted up.
12
Behold, these shall come from far
and,
lo, these from the north and from the west;
and
these from the land of Sinim.
13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth;
and
break forth into singing, O mountains . . .
for
Jehovah/God has comforted His people,
and
will have mercy upon His afflicted.
14``
But Zion said,
Jehovah/God
has forsaken me,
and
my Lord/'Adonay has forgotten me.
15
Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that
she should not have compassion
on
the son of her womb?
Yes,
they may forget . . .
yet
will I not forget you.
16
Behold, I have graven you
upon
the palms of My hands.
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your children shall make haste.
Your
destroyers and those who made you waste
shall
go forth of you.
18
Lift up yours eyes round about,
and
behold.
All
these gather themselves together,
and
come to you.
As
I live, said Jehovah/God,
you
shall surely clothe you with them all,
as
with an ornament,
and
bind them on you,
as
a bride does.
{Note: See Romans 14:11. This is a prophecy of the Rapture of the Church - that becomes the Bride of Christ in heaven.}
19
For your waste and your desolate places,
and
the land of your destruction,
shall
even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants,
and
those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
20
The children which you shall have,
after
you have lost the other,
shall
say again in yours ears,
The
place is too strait for me.
Give place to me that I may dwell.
21
Then shall you say in your heart/'right lobe',
Who
has begotten me these,
seeing
I have lost my children, and am desolate,
a
captive, and removing to and fro?
And who has brought up these?
Behold,
I was left alone;
these,
where had they been?
22``
Thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
Behold,
I will lift up My hand to the Gentiles,
and
set up My standard to the people.
And
they shall bring your sons in their arms,
and
your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
23
And kings shall be your nursing fathers,
and
their queens your nursing mothers.
They
shall bow down to you
with
their face toward the earth,
and
lick up the dust of your feet;
and
you shall know that I am Jehovah/God . . .
for
they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty,
or
the lawful captive delivered?
25
But thus said Jehovah/God,
Even
the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
and
the prey of the terrible shall be delivered . . .
for
I will contend with him who contends with you,
and
I will save your children.
26
And I will feed those who oppress you
with
their own flesh.
And
they shall be drunken with their own blood,
as
with sweet wine.
And
all flesh shall know that I Jehovah/God
am
your Savior and your Redeemer,
the
mighty One of Jacob.
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