Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORDhathcalled me from the womb; from the bowels of my motherhath he mademention of my name.
And now, saith the LORDthatformed me from the womb to be his servant, to bringJacobagain to him, ThoughIsrael be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
And he said, It is a lightthingthatthoushouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I willalsogivethee for a light to the Gentiles, thatthoumayest be my salvationunto the end of the earth.
Thussaith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nationabhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kingsshall see and arise, princesalsoshallworship, because of the LORDthat is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shallchoosethee.
Thussaith the LORD, In an acceptabletimehave I heardthee, and in a day of salvationhave I helpedthee: and I willpreservethee, and givethee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolateheritages;
Thatthoumayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to themthat are in darkness, Shewyourselves. Theyshallfeed in the ways, and theirpasturesshall be in all highplaces.
Theyshall not hunger nor thirst; neithershall the heat nor sun smitethem: for he thathathmercy on themshallleadthem, even by the springs of watershall he guidethem.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and breakforthintosinging, O mountains: for the LORDhathcomforted his people, and willhavemercyupon his afflicted.
Lift up thineeyesroundabout, and behold: all thesegatherthemselvestogether, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thoushaltsurelyclothetheewiththem all, as with an ornament, and bindthem on thee, as a bridedoeth.
For thy waste and thy desolateplaces, and the land of thy destruction, shalleven now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and theythatswallowedthee up shall be far away.
The childrenwhichthoushalthave, afterthouhastlost the other, shall say again in thineears, The place is too strait for me: giveplace to me that I may dwell.
Thenshaltthou say in thineheart, Who hathbegotten me these, seeing I havelost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hathbrought up these? Behold, I was leftalone; these, where had theybeen?
Thussaith the Lord GOD, Behold, I willlift up minehand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and theyshallbring thy sons in theirarms, and thy daughtersshall be carriedupontheirshoulders.
And kingsshall be thy nursingfathers, and theirqueens thy nursingmothers: theyshall bow down to theewiththeirfacetoward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thoushaltknowthat I am the LORD: for theyshall not be ashamedthatwait for me.
But thussaith the LORD, Even the captives of the mightyshall be takenaway, and the prey of the terribleshall be delivered: for I willcontendwith him thatcontendethwiththee, and I willsave thy children.
And I willfeedthemthatoppresstheewiththeir own flesh; and theyshall be drunkenwiththeir own blood, as withsweetwine: and all fleshshallknowthat I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.