الإصحَاحُ
التَّاسِعُ والأرْبَعُونَ

 

Chapter
49

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.