Isa 49:1-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | Listen to Me, O islands , And pay attention , you peoples from afar . The Lord called Me from the womb ; From the body of My mother He named Me.

Isaiah 49:1-7

1 Listen to Me, O ^aislands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
^bThe Lord called Me from the womb;
From the ^{▼▼ Lit inward parts}body of My mother He named Me.
2 He has made My ^dmouth like a sharp sword,
In the ^eshadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a ^{▼▼ Or sharpened}select ^garrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
3 He said to Me, ^h“You are My Servant, Israel,
ⁱIn Whom I will ^{▼▼ Or glorify Myself}show My glory.”
4 But I said, “I have ^ktoiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My ^lreward with My God.”

5 And now says ^mthe Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ⁿIsrael might be gathered to Him
(For I am ^ohonored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My ^pstrength),
6 He says, “It is too ^{▼▼ Lit light}small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the ^rpreserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a ^slight ^{▼▼ Or to}of the nations
So that My salvation may ^{▼▼ Lit be}reach to the ^vend of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord, the ^wRedeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the ^xdespised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
^y“Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also ^zbow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”