Isa 49:1, 5, Rom 8:29 | ESV | STEP | Listen to me, O coastlands , and give attention , you peoples from afar . The Lord called me from the womb , from the body of my mother he named my name .

aSee ch. 11:11

b ch. 33:13

cSee ch. 44:2

d[ch. 50:4]

e[See ver. 1 above]

f[ch. 52:13]

g ch. 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2

h 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5, 11; [ch. 9:23]

i Phil. 3:21; [1 Cor. 15:49; Col. 3:10]; See 1 John 3:2

j Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:6; Rev. 1:5

Isaiah 49:1

The Servant of the Lord

1 Listen to me, ^aO coastlands,
and give attention, you peoples ^bfrom afar.
^cThe Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.

Isaiah 49:5

5 ^dAnd now the Lord says,
he ^ewho formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for ^fI am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—

Romans 8:29

29 For those whom he ^gforeknew he also ^hpredestined ⁱto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^jthe firstborn among many brothers.