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Isaiah 49

The Servant speaks of being called from the womb to restore Jacob, yet His mission is declared too great to stop with Israel: He will be a light to the Gentiles and God’s salvation to the ends of the earth, while Zion is assured she is not forgotten.

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Verses 1–6The servant is called from the womb to restore Israel and be a light to the Gentiles Verses 7–12The despised servant will be honored, and captives will be gathered and fed Verses 13–17Zion thinks she is forgotten, but the LORD remembers her more surely than a mother Verses 18–23Zion’s returning children will fill the land and nations will help bring them home Verses 24–26The LORD will contend with Zion’s enemies and save her children

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1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from…2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword;…3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel,…4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have…5And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the…6And he said, It is a light thing that thou…7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his…8Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I…9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to…10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat…11And I will make all my mountains a way, and…12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from…13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break…14But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my…15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should…16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my…17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that…18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these…19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land…20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost…21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten…22Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up…23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens…24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the…25But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the…26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their…