Verse 1
Isaiah 49:1
New King James Version
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Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my 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
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Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; f...
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And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me...
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3
And said unto me, Thou
art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain:
yet surely m...
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5
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb
to be
his servant, to bring Jacob again to him...
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6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob,...
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7
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel,
and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him who...
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8
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helpe...
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9
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that
are
in darkness, Shew yourselves. The...
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10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy...
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11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
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12
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from t...
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13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hat...
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14
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
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15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? ye...
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16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of
my hands; thy walls
are continually before me.
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17
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
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18
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together,
and come to thee....
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19
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow...
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20
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, T...
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21
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and...
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22
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to...
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23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to...
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24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
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25
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the te...
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26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their ow...
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