Isaiah 49:6-8
Amplified Bible
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He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the [a]survivors of Israel;
I will also make You a light to the nations
That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
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This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,
To the thoroughly despised One,
To the One hated by the nation
To the Servant of rulers,
“[b]Kings will see and arise,
Princes shall also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
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This is what the Lord says,
“In a [c]favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep watch over You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To restore the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands,(A)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit spared.
- Isaiah 49:7 Rising and bowing down are both gestures of respect: kings arise from their thrones.
- Isaiah 49:8 One ancient rabbi explained this as a time predestined for good.
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