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World English Bible

Isaiah 49 (WEBP)

[1] Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
[2] He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
[3] He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
[4] But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”
[5] Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
[6] Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
[7] Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
[8] Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
[9] saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
[10] They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
[11] I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
[12] Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”
[13] Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
[14] But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
[15] “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
[16] Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
[17] Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
[18] Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
[19] “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
[20] The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
[21] Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
[22] The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
[23] Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
[24] Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
[25] But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
[26] I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 49 (KJVS)

[1] Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
[2] And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
[3] and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
[4] Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
[5] And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
[6] And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
[7] Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
[8] Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
[9] that thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
[10] They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
[11] And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
[12] Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
[13] Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
[14] But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
[15] Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
[16] Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
[17] Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
[18] Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
[19] For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
[20] The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
[21] Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
[22] Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
[23] And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
[24] Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
[25] But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
[26] And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 49:4 Or, my reward
Isaiah 49:5 Or, that Israel may be gathered to him, and I may etc.
Isaiah 49:6 Or, desolations
Isaiah 49:7 Or, to him that is despised in soul
Isaiah 49:8 Or, raise up
Isaiah 49:15 Heb. from having compassion
Isaiah 49:22 Heb. bosom
Isaiah 49:23a Heb. nourishers
Isaiah 49:23b Heb. Princesses
Isaiah 49:24 Heb. the captivity of the just
Isaiah 49:25 Heb. captivity
Isaiah 49:26 Or, new wine

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 49 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () νῆσοι, () καὶ () προσέχετε, () ἔθνη· () διὰ () χρόνου () πολλοῦ () στήσεται, () λέγει () κύριος. () Ἐκ () κοιλίας () μητρός () μου () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου ()
[2] καὶ () ἔθηκεν () τὸ () στόμα () μου () ὡσεὶ () μάχαιραν () ὀξεῖαν () καὶ () ὑπὸ () τὴν () σκέπην τῆς () χειρὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἔκρυψέν () με, () ἔθηκέν () με () ὡς () βέλος () ἐκλεκτὸν () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () φαρέτρᾳ αὐτοῦ () ἐσκέπασέν με. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπέν () μοι () Δοῦλός () μου () εἶ () σύ, () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐν () σοὶ () δοξασθήσομαι. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () εἶπα () Κενῶς () ἐκοπίασα () καὶ () εἰς () μάταιον () καὶ () εἰς () οὐδὲν () ἔδωκα () τὴν () ἰσχύν () μου· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἡ () κρίσις () μου () παρὰ () κυρίῳ, () καὶ () ὁ () πόνος () μου () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μου. ()
[5] Καὶ () νῦν () οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () πλάσας () με () ἐκ () κοιλίας () δοῦλον () ἑαυτῷ () τοῦ () συναγαγεῖν () τὸν () Ιακωβ () καὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () αὐτόν ()—συναχθήσομαι () καὶ () δοξασθήσομαι () ἐναντίον () κυρίου, () καὶ () ὁ () θεός () μου () ἔσται () μου () ἰσχύς ()—
[6] καὶ () εἶπέν () μοι () Μέγα () σοί () ἐστιν () τοῦ () κληθῆναί () σε () παῖδά () μου () τοῦ () στῆσαι () τὰς () φυλὰς () Ιακωβ () καὶ () τὴν () διασπορὰν () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () ἐπιστρέψαι· () ἰδοὺ () τέθεικά () σε () εἰς () διαθήκην () γένους () εἰς () φῶς () ἐθνῶν () τοῦ () εἶναί () σε () εἰς () σωτηρίαν () ἕως () ἐσχάτου () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[7] Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () ῥυσάμενός () σε () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἁγιάσατε () τὸν () φαυλίζοντα τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () τὸν () βδελυσσόμενον () ὑπὸ () τῶν () ἐθνῶν () τῶν () δούλων () τῶν () ἀρχόντων· () βασιλεῖς () ὄψονται () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀναστήσονται, () ἄρχοντες () καὶ () προσκυνήσουσιν () αὐτῷ () ἕνεκεν () κυρίου· () ὅτι () πιστός () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἅγιος () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐξελεξάμην () σε. ()
[8] Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () Καιρῷ () δεκτῷ () ἐπήκουσά () σου () καὶ () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () σωτηρίας () ἐβοήθησά () σοι () καὶ () ἔδωκά () σε () εἰς () διαθήκην () ἐθνῶν () τοῦ () καταστῆσαι () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () κληρονομῆσαι () κληρονομίαν () ἐρήμου, ()
[9] λέγοντα () τοῖς () ἐν () δεσμοῖς () Ἐξέλθατε, () καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () τῷ () σκότει () ἀνακαλυφθῆναι. () Καὶ () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν () βοσκηθήσονται, () καὶ () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () τρίβοις () ἡ () νομὴ () αὐτῶν· ()
[10] οὐ () πεινάσουσιν () οὐδὲ () διψήσουσιν, () οὐδὲ () πατάξει () αὐτοὺς () καύσων () οὐδὲ () ὁ () ἥλιος, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () ἐλεῶν () αὐτοὺς () παρακαλέσει () καὶ () διὰ () πηγῶν () ὑδάτων () ἄξει () αὐτούς· ()
[11] καὶ () θήσω () πᾶν () ὄρος () εἰς () ὁδὸν () καὶ () πᾶσαν () τρίβον () εἰς () βόσκημα αὐτοῖς. ()
[12] Ἰδοὺ () οὗτοι () πόρρωθεν () ἔρχονται, () οὗτοι () ἀπὸ () βορρᾶ () καὶ () οὗτοι () ἀπὸ () θαλάσσης, () ἄλλοι () δὲ () ἐκ () γῆς () Περσῶν.
[13] Εὐφραίνεσθε, () οὐρανοί, () καὶ () ἀγαλλιάσθω () ἡ () γῆ, () ῥηξάτωσαν () τὰ () ὄρη () εὐφροσύνην () καὶ () οἱ () βουνοὶ () δικαιοσύνην, () ὅτι () ἠλέησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () ταπεινοὺς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ () παρεκάλεσεν. ()
[14] Εἶπεν () δὲ () Σιων () Ἐγκατέλιπέν () με () κύριος, () καὶ () ὁ () κύριος () ἐπελάθετό () μου. ()
[15] Μὴ () ἐπιλήσεται () γυνὴ () τοῦ () παιδίου () αὐτῆς () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐλεῆσαι () τὰ () ἔκγονα () τῆς () κοιλίας () αὐτῆς; () Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἐπιλάθοιτο () ταῦτα () γυνή, () ἀλλ’ () ἐγὼ () οὐκ () ἐπιλήσομαί () σου, () εἶπεν () κύριος. ()
[16] Ἰδοὺ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () χειρῶν () μου () ἐζωγράφησά σου () τὰ () τείχη, () καὶ () ἐνώπιόν () μου () εἶ () διὰ () παντός· ()
[17] καὶ () ταχὺ () οἰκοδομηθήσῃ () ὑφ’ () ὧν () καθῃρέθης, () καὶ () οἱ () ἐρημώσαντές () σε () ἐκ () σοῦ () ἐξελεύσονται. ()
[18] Ἆρον () κύκλῳ () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () σου () καὶ () ἰδὲ () πάντας, () ἰδοὺ () συνήχθησαν () καὶ () ἤλθοσαν () πρὸς () σέ· () ζῶ () ἐγώ, () λέγει () κύριος, () ὅτι () πάντας () αὐτοὺς () ἐνδύσῃ () καὶ () περιθήσῃ () αὐτοὺς () ὡς () κόσμον () νύμφης. ()
[19] Ὅτι () τὰ () ἔρημά () σου () καὶ () τὰ () διεφθαρμένα () καὶ () τὰ () πεπτωκότα () νῦν () στενοχωρήσει () ἀπὸ () τῶν () κατοικούντων, () καὶ () μακρυνθήσονται ἀπὸ () σοῦ () οἱ () καταπίνοντές () σε. ()
[20] Ἐροῦσιν () γὰρ () εἰς () τὰ () ὦτά () σου () οἱ () υἱοί () σου () οὓς () ἀπολώλεκας () Στενός () μοι () ὁ () τόπος, () ποίησόν () μοι () τόπον () ἵνα () κατοικήσω. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () ἐν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () σου () Τίς () ἐγέννησέν () μοι () τούτους; () Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἄτεκνος () καὶ () χήρα, () τούτους () δὲ () τίς () ἐξέθρεψέν () μοι; () Ἐγὼ () δὲ () κατελείφθην () μόνη, () οὗτοι () δέ () μοι () ποῦ () ἦσαν; ()
[22] Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () αἴρω () εἰς () τὰ () ἔθνη () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () καὶ () εἰς () τὰς () νήσους () ἀρῶ () σύσσημόν () μου, () καὶ () ἄξουσιν () τοὺς () υἱούς () σου () ἐν () κόλπῳ, () τὰς () δὲ () θυγατέρας () σου () ἐπ’ () ὤμων () ἀροῦσιν, ()
[23] καὶ () ἔσονται () βασιλεῖς () τιθηνοί σου, () αἱ () δὲ () ἄρχουσαι () τροφοί () σου· () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () τῆς () γῆς () προσκυνήσουσίν () σοι () καὶ () τὸν () χοῦν () τῶν () ποδῶν () σου () λείξουσιν· καὶ () γνώσῃ () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () κύριος, () καὶ () οὐκ () αἰσχυνθήσῃ. ()
[24] Μὴ () λήμψεταί () τις () παρὰ () γίγαντος σκῦλα; () Καὶ () ἐὰν () αἰχμαλωτεύσῃ () τις () ἀδίκως, () σωθήσεται; ()
[25] Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () Ἐάν () τις () αἰχμαλωτεύσῃ () γίγαντα, λήμψεται () σκῦλα· () λαμβάνων () δὲ () παρὰ () ἰσχύοντος () σωθήσεται· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () τὴν () κρίσιν () σου () κρινῶ, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () τοὺς () υἱούς () σου () ῥύσομαι· ()
[26] καὶ () φάγονται () οἱ () θλίψαντές () σε () τὰς () σάρκας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () πίονται () ὡς () οἶνον () νέον () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτῶν () καὶ () μεθυσθήσονται, () καὶ () αἰσθανθήσεται () πᾶσα () σὰρξ () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () ῥυσάμενός () σε () καὶ () ἀντιλαμβανόμενος () ἰσχύος () Ιακωβ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.