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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] ακουσατε μου νησοι και προσεχετε εθνη δια χρονου πολλου στησεται λεγει κυριος εκ κοιλιας μητρος μου εκαλεσεν το ονομα μου
[2] και εθηκεν το στομα μου ωσει μαχαιραν οξειαν και υπο την σκεπην της χειρος αυτου εκρυψεν με εθηκεν με ως βελος εκλεκτον και εν τη φαρετρα αυτου εσκεπασεν με
[3] και ειπεν μοι δουλος μου ει συ ισραηλ και εν σοι δοξασθησομαι
[4] και εγω ειπα κενως εκοπιασα και εις ματαιον και εις ουδεν εδωκα την ισχυν μου δια τουτο η κρισις μου παρα κυριω και ο πονος μου εναντιον του θεου μου
[5] και νυν ουτως λεγει κυριος ο πλασας με εκ κοιλιας δουλον εαυτω του συναγαγειν τον ιακωβ και ισραηλ προς αυτον συναχθησομαι και δοξασθησομαι εναντιον κυριου και ο θεος μου εσται μου ισχυς
[6] και ειπεν μοι μεγα σοι εστιν του κληθηναι σε παιδα μου του στησαι τας φυλας ιακωβ και την διασποραν του ισραηλ επιστρεψαι ιδου τεθεικα σε εις διαθηκην γενους εις φως εθνων του ειναι σε εις σωτηριαν εως εσχατου της γης
[7] ουτως λεγει κυριος ο ρυσαμενος σε ο θεος ισραηλ αγιασατε τον φαυλιζοντα την ψυχην αυτου τον βδελυσσομενον υπο των εθνων των δουλων των αρχοντων βασιλεις οψονται αυτον και αναστησονται αρχοντες και προσκυνησουσιν αυτω ενεκεν κυριου οτι πιστος εστιν ο αγιος ισραηλ και εξελεξαμην σε
[8] ουτως λεγει κυριος καιρω δεκτω επηκουσα σου και εν ημερα σωτηριας εβοηθησα σοι και εδωκα σε εις διαθηκην εθνων του καταστησαι την γην και κληρονομησαι κληρονομιαν ερημου
[9] λεγοντα τοις εν δεσμοις εξελθατε και τοις εν τω σκοτει ανακαλυφθηναι και εν πασαις ταις οδοις αυτων βοσκηθησονται και εν πασαις ταις τριβοις η νομη αυτων
[10] ου πεινασουσιν ουδε διψησουσιν ουδε παταξει αυτους καυσων ουδε ο ηλιος αλλα ο ελεων αυτους παρακαλεσει και δια πηγων υδατων αξει αυτους
[11] και θησω παν ορος εις οδον και πασαν τριβον εις βοσκημα αυτοις
[12] ιδου ουτοι πορρωθεν ερχονται ουτοι απο βορρα και ουτοι απο θαλασσης αλλοι δε εκ γης περσων
[13] ευφραινεσθε ουρανοι και αγαλλιασθω η γη ρηξατωσαν τα ορη ευφροσυνην και οι βουνοι δικαιοσυνην οτι ηλεησεν ο θεος τον λαον αυτου και τους ταπεινους του λαου αυτου παρεκαλεσεν
[14] ειπεν δε σιων εγκατελιπεν με κυριος και ο κυριος επελαθετο μου
[15] μη επιλησεται γυνη του παιδιου αυτης του μη ελεησαι τα εκγονα της κοιλιας αυτης ει δε και επιλαθοιτο ταυτα γυνη αλλ εγω ουκ επιλησομαι σου ειπεν κυριος
[16] ιδου επι των χειρων μου εζωγραφησα σου τα τειχη και ενωπιον μου ει δια παντος
[17] και ταχυ οικοδομηθηση υφ ων καθηρεθης και οι ερημωσαντες σε εκ σου εξελευσονται
[18] αρον κυκλω τους οφθαλμους σου και ιδε παντας ιδου συνηχθησαν και ηλθοσαν προς σε ζω εγω λεγει κυριος οτι παντας αυτους ενδυση και περιθηση αυτους ως κοσμον νυμφης
[19] οτι τα ερημα σου και τα διεφθαρμενα και τα πεπτωκοτα νυν στενοχωρησει απο των κατοικουντων και μακρυνθησονται απο σου οι καταπινοντες σε
[20] ερουσιν γαρ εις τα ωτα σου οι υιοι σου ους απολωλεκας στενος μοι ο τοπος ποιησον μοι τοπον ινα κατοικησω
[21] και ερεις εν τη καρδια σου τις εγεννησεν μοι τουτους εγω δε ατεκνος και χηρα τουτους δε τις εξεθρεψεν μοι εγω δε κατελειφθην μονη ουτοι δε μοι που ησαν
[22] ουτως λεγει κυριος ιδου αιρω εις τα εθνη την χειρα μου και εις τας νησους αρω συσσημον μου και αξουσιν τους υιους σου εν κολπω τας δε θυγατερας σου επ ωμων αρουσιν
[23] και εσονται βασιλεις τιθηνοι σου αι δε αρχουσαι τροφοι σου επι προσωπον της γης προσκυνησουσιν σοι και τον χουν των ποδων σου λειξουσιν και γνωση οτι εγω κυριος και ουκ αισχυνθηση
[24] μη λημψεται τις παρα γιγαντος σκυλα και εαν αιχμαλωτευση τις αδικως σωθησεται
[25] ουτως λεγει κυριος εαν τις αιχμαλωτευση γιγαντα λημψεται σκυλα λαμβανων δε παρα ισχυοντος σωθησεται εγω δε την κρισιν σου κρινω και εγω τους υιους σου ρυσομαι
[26] και φαγονται οι θλιψαντες σε τας σαρκας αυτων και πιονται ως οινον νεον το αιμα αυτων και μεθυσθησονται και αισθανθησεται πασα σαρξ οτι εγω κυριος ο ρυσαμενος σε και αντιλαμβανομενος ισχυος ιακωβ

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.