Isa 49:8 | HCSB | STEP | This is what the Lord says : I will answer you in a time of favor , and I will help you in the day of salvation . I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people , to restore the land , to make them possess the desolate inheritances ,

Isaiah 49:8

8 This is what the Lord says:

I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation. ^a
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people, ^b
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,