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148 lines
4.5 KiB
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The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles
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# Chapter 49
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1. "Listen, O coastlands, to Me,
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And take heed, you peoples from afar!
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The Lord has called Me from the womb;
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From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
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2. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword;
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In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me,
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And made Me a polished shaft;
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In His quiver He has hidden Me."
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3. "And He said to me,
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'You are My servant, O Israel,
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In whom I will be glorified.'
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4. Then I said, 'I have labored in vain,
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I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
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Yet surely my just reward is with the Lord,
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And my work with my God.' "
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5. "And now the Lord says,
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Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
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To bring Jacob back to Him,
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So that Israel is gathered to Him
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(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,
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And My God shall be My strength),
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6. Indeed He says,
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'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
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To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
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And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
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I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles,
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That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.' "
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7. Thus says the Lord,
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The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
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To Him whom man despises,
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To Him whom the nation abhors,
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To the Servant of rulers:
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"Kings shall see and arise,
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Princes also shall worship,
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Because of the Lord who is faithful,
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The Holy One of Israel;
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And He has chosen You."
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8. Thus says the Lord:
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"In an acceptable time I have heard You,
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And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
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I will preserve You and give You
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As a covenant to the people,
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To restore the earth,
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To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;
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9. That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,'
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To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.'
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"They shall feed along the roads,
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And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
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10. They shall neither hunger nor thirst,
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Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
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For He who has mercy on them will lead them,
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Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
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11. I will make each of My mountains a road,
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And My highways shall be elevated.
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12. Surely these shall come from afar;
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Look! Those from the north and the west,
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And these from the land of Sinim."
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13. Sing, O heavens!
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Be joyful, O earth!
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And break out in singing, O mountains!
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For the Lord has comforted His people,
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And will have mercy on His afflicted.God Will Remember Zion
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14. But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me,
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And my Lord has forgotten me."
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15. "Can a woman forget her nursing child,
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And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
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Surely they may forget,
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Yet I will not forget you.
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16. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
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Your walls are continually before Me.
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17. Your sons shall make haste;
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Your destroyers and those who laid you waste
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Shall go away from you.
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18. Lift up your eyes, look around and see;
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All these gather together and come to you.
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As I live," says the Lord,
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"You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament,
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And bind them on you as a bride does.
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19. "For your waste and desolate places,
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And the land of your destruction,
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Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
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And those who swallowed you up will be far away.
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20. The children you will have,
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After you have lost the others,
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Will say again in your ears,
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'The place is too small for me;
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Give me a place where I may dwell.'
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21. Then you will say in your heart,
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'Who has begotten these for me,
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Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
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A captive, and wandering to and fro?
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And who has brought these up?
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There I was, left alone;
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But these, where were they?' "
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22. Thus says the Lord God:
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"Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations,
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And set up My standard for the peoples;
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They shall bring your sons in their arms,
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And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;
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23. Kings shall be your foster fathers,
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And their queens your nursing mothers;
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They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
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And lick up the dust of your feet.
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Then you will know that I am the Lord,
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For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me."
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24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty,
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Or the captives of the righteous be delivered?
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25. But thus says the Lord:
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"Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
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And the prey of the terrible be delivered;
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For I will contend with him who contends with you,
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And I will save your children.
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26. I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
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And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine.
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All flesh shall know
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That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
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And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
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