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Salvation
Reaches to the End of the Earth |
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| Isaiah 49:1 |
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Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention,
you peoples from afar. The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother
He named Me. |
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| Isaiah 49:2 |
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He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In
the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a select arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver. |
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| Isaiah 49:3 |
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He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel,
In Whom I will show My glory." |
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| Isaiah 49:4 |
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But I said, "I have toiled in vain, I have spent
My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the
LORD, And My reward with My God." |
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| Isaiah 49:5 |
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And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the
womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered
to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My strength),
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| Isaiah 49:6 |
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He says, "It is too small a thing that You should
be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones
of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may
reach to the end of the earth." |
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| Isaiah 49:7 |
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Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and
its Holy One, To the despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant
of rulers, "Kings will see and arise, Princes will also bow down, Because of the
LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You." |
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| Isaiah 49:8 |
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Thus says the LORD, "In a favorable time I have
answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will keep You
and give You for a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to make them inherit
the desolate heritages; |
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| Isaiah 49:9 |
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Saying to those who are bound, 'Go forth,' To
those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all bare heights. |
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| Isaiah 49:10 |
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"They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the
scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will
lead them And will guide them to springs of water. |
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| Isaiah 49:11 |
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"I will make all My mountains a road, And My
highways will be raised up. |
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| Isaiah 49:12 |
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"Behold, these will come from afar; And lo,
these will come 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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Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His
people And will have compassion on His afflicted. |
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Promise to Zion |
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| Isaiah 49:14 |
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But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And
the Lord has forgotten me." |
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| Isaiah 49:15 |
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"Can a woman forget her nursing child And have
no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget
you. |
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| Isaiah 49:16 |
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"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of
My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. |
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| Isaiah 49:17 |
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"Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators
Will depart from you. |
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| Isaiah 49:18 |
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"Lift up your eyes and look around; All of them
gather together, they come to you. As I live," declares the LORD, "You will surely
put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride. |
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| Isaiah 49:19 |
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"For your waste and desolate places and your
destroyed land-- Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those
who swallowed you will be far away. |
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| Isaiah 49:20 |
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"The children of whom you were bereaved will
yet say in your ears, 'The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that
I may live here.' |
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| Isaiah 49:21 |
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"Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten
these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile
and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where
did these come?'" |
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| Isaiah 49:22 |
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Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will lift
up My hand to the nations And set up My standard to the peoples; And they will
bring your sons in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. |
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| Isaiah 49:23 |
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"Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses
your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick
the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully
wait for Me will not be put to shame. |
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| Isaiah 49:24 |
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"Can the prey be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?" |
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| Isaiah 49:25 |
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Surely, thus says the LORD, "Even the captives
of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons. |
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| Isaiah 49:26 |
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"I will feed your oppressors with their own
flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And
all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty
One of Jacob." |
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