Verse 1

Isaiah 49:1

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1 Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name.

Original Language Text

hebrew

שִׁמְע֤וּ אִיִּים֙ אֵלַ֔/י וְ/הַקְשִׁ֥יבוּ לְאֻמִּ֖ים מֵ/רָח֑וֹק יְהוָה֙ מִ/בֶּ֣טֶן קְרָאָ֔/נִי מִ/מְּעֵ֥י אִמִּ֖/י הִזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמִֽ/י

English Translation

Listen, islands, to me, and pay attention, nations from afar. The Lord has called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he has mentioned my name.

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Chapter 49 Context

1 Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! The LORD called m...

2 He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. ... Focus ↗

3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.” Focus ↗

4 I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.... Focus ↗

5 And now the LORD speaks — the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who com... Focus ↗

6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to th... Focus ↗

7 The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by... Focus ↗

8 This is what the LORD says: “At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvati... Focus ↗

9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the ligh... Focus ↗

10 They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the LORD... Focus ↗

11 And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the val... Focus ↗

12 See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far so... Focus ↗

13 Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD has c... Focus ↗

14 Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” Focus ↗

15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?<... Focus ↗

16 See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusal... Focus ↗

17 Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away. Focus ↗

18 Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live,” sa... Focus ↗

19 “Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Yo... Focus ↗

20 The generations born in exile will return and say, ‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’ Focus ↗

21 Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my child... Focus ↗

22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They... Focus ↗

23 Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before... Focus ↗

24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let h... Focus ↗

25 But the LORD says, “The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will... Focus ↗

26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.... Focus ↗

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Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 49 (26 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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