Isa 49:1 | NET2full | STEP | Listen to me, you coastlands ! Pay attention , you people who live far away ! The Lord summoned me from birth ; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world .

‏ Isaiah 49:1

Delivery of the Exiles

1 Listen to me, you coastlands! ^{▼▼tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “in far-off lands.”} ^{▼▼sn The Lord’s special servant, introduced in chap. 42, speaks here of his commission.}
Pay attention, you people who live far away!
The Lord summoned me from birth; ^{▼▼tn Heb “called me from the womb.”}
he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. ^{▼▼tn Heb “from the inner parts of my mother he mentioned my name.”}