Isa 49:1-7 | NASB2020 | STEP | Listen to Me, you 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

Salvation Reaches to the Ends of the Earth

1 Listen to Me, you ^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 sharpened ^farrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
3 He said to Me, “ ^gYou are My Servant, Israel,
^hIn whom I will show My glory.”
4 But I said, “I have ⁱlabored in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and futility;
Nevertheless, the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My ^jreward is with My God.”

5 And now says ^kthe Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ^lIsrael might be gathered to Him
(For I am ^mhonored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My ⁿstrength),
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 ^pprotected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a ^qlight ^{▼▼Or to}of the nations
So that My salvation may ^{▼▼Lit be}reach to the ^tend of the earth.”
7 This is what the Lord, the ^uRedeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
Says to the ^{▼▼Lit despised of soul
,} ^wdespised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers:
“ ^xKings will see and arise,
Princes will also ^ybow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”