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\c 49
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\q1
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\v 1 Listen to me, you coastlands! Now give my your attention, you distant peoples.
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\q1 Yahweh has called me from birth by name, when my mother brought me into the world.
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\v 2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hand;
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\q1 he has made me into a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me.
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\q1
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\v 3 He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory."
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\v 4 But I replied, "Though I thought I have labored in vain, I have spent my energy for nothing,
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\q1 yet my justice is with Yahweh, and my reward is with my God."
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\v 5 Now Yahweh has spoken—he who formed me from birth to be his servant,
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\q1 to restore Jacob again to himself, so that Israel would be gathered to him,
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\q1 for I am honored in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength—
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\v 6 and he says, "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,
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\q1 and to restore the survivors of Israel. I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
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\q1 that you may be my salvation to the ends of the earth."
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\v 7 This is what Yahweh says, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
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\q1 to the one whose life is despised, hated by the nations, and a slave of rulers,
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\q1 "Kings will see you and arise, and princes will see you and bow down,
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\q1 because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
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\v 8 This is what Yahweh says,
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\q1 "At a time I decide to show my favor I will answer you, and in a day of salvation I will help you;
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\q1 I will protect you, and give you as a covenant for the people,
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\q1 to rebuild the land, to reassign the desolate inheritance.
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\v 9 You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out;' to those in dark dungeons, 'Show yourselves.'
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\q1 They will graze along the roads, and on all the bare slopes will be their pasture.
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\v 10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; nor will the heat or sun beat on them,
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\q1 for he who has mercy on them will lead them; he will guide them to springs of water.
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\v 11 Then I will make all my mountains into a road, and make my highways level."
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\v 12 Look, these will come from far away, some from the north and the west; and others from the land of Sinim.
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\v 13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth; break into singing, you mountains!
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\q1 For Yahweh comforts his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
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\v 14 But Zion said, "Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me."
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\v 15 "Can a woman forget her baby, nursing at her breast, so she does not have compassion on the son she has borne?
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\q1 Yes, they may forget, but I will not forget you.
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\v 16 Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are continually before me.
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\v 17 Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away.
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\v 18 Look around and see, they are all gathering and coming to you.
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\q1 As surely as I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—you will surely wear them like jewelry, and you will put them on like a bride.
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\v 19 Though you were a waste and desolate, a land that was in ruins,
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\q1 now you will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away.
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\v 20 The children born during the time of your bereavement will say in your hearing,
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\q1 'The place is too cramped for us, make room for us, so we may live here.'
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\v 21 Then you will ask yourself, 'Who has borne these children for me?
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\q1 I was bereaved and barren, exiled and divorced.
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Who has raised these children?
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\q1 Look, I was left all alone; where did these come from?'"
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\v 22 This is what the Lord Yahweh says,
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\q1 "Look, I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.
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\q1 They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
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\v 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursemaids;
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\q1 they will bow down to you with their
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faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet;
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\q1 and you will know that I am Yahweh; those who wait for me will not be put to shame."
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\v 24 Can the spoils be taken from the warrior, or captives be rescued from the fierce?
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa from the fierce \fqb , the Hebrew text has \fqa from the righteous \fqb , but most modern versions correct it to \fqa from the fierce \fqb . \f*
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\v 25 But this is what Yahweh says,
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\q1 "Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and spoils will be rescued;
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\q1 for I will oppose your adversary and save your children.
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\v 26 I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh; and they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine.
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\q1 Then all mankind will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
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