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Isaiah 49:1
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:2 |
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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; |
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| Isaiah 49:3 |
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And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel,
in whom I will be glorified. |
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| Isaiah 49:4 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:5 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:6 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:7 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:8 |
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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; |
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| Isaiah 49:9 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:10 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:11 |
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And I will make all my mountains a way, and
my highways shall be exalted. |
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| Isaiah 49:12 |
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Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo,
these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. |
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| Isaiah 49:13 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:14 |
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But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and
my Lord hath forgotten me. |
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| Isaiah 49:15 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:16 |
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Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of
my hands; thy walls are continually before me. |
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| Isaiah 49:17 |
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Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers
and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. |
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| Isaiah 49:18 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:19 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:20 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:21 |
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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? |
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| Isaiah 49:22 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:23 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:24 |
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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or
the lawful captive delivered? |
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| Isaiah 49:25 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 49:26 |
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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. |
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