Isa 49:1 | NETfull | 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

1 Listen to me, you coastlands! ^{▼▼ Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “in far-off lands.”} ^{▼▼ 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; ^{▼▼ Heb “called me from the womb.”}
he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. ^{▼▼ Heb “from the inner parts of my mother he mentioned my name.”}