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1. Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother's womb he gave me my name.
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1. Listen H8085 , O isles H339 , unto H413 me ; and hearken H7181 , ye people H3816 , from far H4480 H7350 ; The LORD H3068 hath called H7121 me from the womb H4480 H990 ; from the bowels H4480 H4578 of my mother H517 hath he made mention H2142 of my name H8034 .
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2. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me.
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2. And he hath made H7760 my mouth H6310 like a sharp H2299 sword H2719 ; in the shadow H6738 of his hand H3027 hath he hid H2244 me , and made H7760 me a polished H1305 shaft H2671 ; in his quiver H827 hath he hid H5641 me;
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3. You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.
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3. And said H559 unto me, Thou H859 art my servant H5650 , O Israel H3478 , in whom H834 I will be glorified H6286 .
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4. Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, Yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God.
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4. Then I H589 said H559 , I have labored H3021 in vain H7385 , I have spent H3615 my strength H3581 for naught H8414 , and in vain H1892 : yet surely H403 my judgment H4941 is with H854 the LORD H3068 , and my work H6468 with H854 my God H430 .
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5. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength!
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5. And now H6258 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 that formed H3335 me from the womb H4480 H990 to be his servant H5650 , to bring Jacob again H7725 H3290 to H413 him , Though Israel H3478 be not gathered H622 , yet shall I be glorious H3513 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and my God H430 shall be H1961 my strength H5797 .
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6. It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
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6. And he said H559 , It is a light thing H7043 that thou shouldest be H4480 H1961 my servant H5650 to raise up H6965 H853 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 , and to restore H7725 the preserved H5341 of Israel H3478 : I will also give H5414 thee for a light H216 to the Gentiles H1471 , that thou mayest be H1961 my salvation H3444 unto H5704 the end H7097 of the earth H776 .
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7. Thus says the LORD, the redeemer and the Holy One of Israel, To the one despised, whom the nations abhor, the slave of rulers: When kings see you, they shall stand up, and princes shall prostrate themselves Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.
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7. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 , and his Holy One H6918 , to him whom man H5315 despiseth H960 , to him whom the nation H1471 abhorreth H8581 , to a servant H5650 of rulers H4910 , Kings H4428 shall see H7200 and arise H6965 , princes H8269 also shall worship H7812 , because of H4616 the LORD H3068 that H834 is faithful H539 , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 , and he shall choose H977 thee.
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8. Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages,
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8. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , In an acceptable H7522 time H6256 have I heard H6030 thee , and in a day H3117 of salvation H3444 have I helped H5826 thee : and I will preserve H5341 thee , and give H5414 thee for a covenant H1285 of the people H5971 , to establish H6965 the earth H776 , to cause to inherit H5157 the desolate H8074 heritages H5159 ;
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9. Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their pastures be.
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9. That thou mayest say H559 to the prisoners H631 , Go forth H3318 ; to them that H834 are in darkness H2822 , Show yourselves H1540 . They shall feed H7462 in H5921 the ways H1870 , and their pastures H4830 shall be in all H3605 high places H8205 .
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10. They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water.
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10. They shall not H3808 hunger H7456 nor H3808 thirst H6770 ; neither H3808 shall the heat H8273 nor sun H8121 smite H5221 them: for H3588 he that hath mercy H7355 on them shall lead H5090 them , even by H5921 the springs H4002 of water H4325 shall he guide H5095 them.
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11. I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level.
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11. And I will make H7760 all H3605 my mountains H2022 a way H1870 , and my highways H4546 shall be exalted H7311 .
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12. See, some shall come from afar, others from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene.
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12. Behold H2009 , these H428 shall come H935 from far H4480 H7350 : and, lo H2009 , these H428 from the north H4480 H6828 and from the west H4480 H3220 ; and these H428 from the land H4480 H776 of Sinim H5515 .
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13. Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you mountains. For the LORD comforts his people and shows mercy to his afflicted.
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13. Sing H7442 , O heavens H8064 ; and be joyful H1523 , O earth H776 ; and break forth H6476 into singing H7440 , O mountains H2022 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath comforted H5162 his people H5971 , and will have mercy H7355 upon his afflicted H6041 .
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14. But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me."
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14. But Zion H6726 said H559 , The LORD H3068 hath forsaken H5800 me , and my Lord H136 hath forgotten H7911 me.
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15. Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.
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15. Can a woman H802 forget H7911 her sucking child H5764 , that she should not have compassion H4480 H7355 on the son H1121 of her womb H990 ? yea H1571 , they H428 may forget H7911 , yet will I H595 not H3808 forget H7911 thee.
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16. See, upon the palms of my hands I have written your name; your walls are ever before me.
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16. Behold H2005 , I have graven H2710 thee upon H5921 the palms of my hands H3709 ; thy walls H2346 are continually H8548 before H5048 me.
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17. Your rebuilders make haste, as those who tore you down and laid you waste go forth from you;
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17. Thy children H1121 shall make haste H4116 ; thy destroyers H2040 and they that made thee waste H2717 shall go forth H3318 of H4480 thee.
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18. Look about and see, they are all gathering and coming to you. As I live, says the LORD, you shall be arrayed with them all as with adornments, like a bride you shall fasten them on you.
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18. Lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 round about H5439 , and behold H7200 : all H3605 these gather themselves together H6908 , and come H935 to thee. As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , thou shalt surely H3588 clothe H3847 thee with them all H3605 , as with an ornament H5716 , and bind H7194 them on thee , as a bride H3618 doeth .
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19. Though you were waste and desolate, a land of ruins, Now you shall be too small for your inhabitants, while those who swallowed you up will be far away.
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19. For H3588 thy waste H2723 and thy desolate places H8074 , and the land H776 of thy destruction H2035 , shall even H3588 now H6258 be too narrow H3334 by reason of the inhabitants H4480 H3427 , and they that swallowed thee up H1104 shall be far away H7368 .
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20. The children whom you had lost shall yet say to you, "This place is too small for me, make room for me to live in."
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20. The children H1121 which thou shalt have , after thou hast lost the other H7923 , shall say H559 again H5750 in thine ears H241 , The place H4725 is too strait H6862 for me : give place H5066 to me that I may dwell H3427 .
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21. You shall ask yourself: "Who has borne me these? I was bereft and barren (exiled and repudiated); who has reared them? I was left all alone; where then do these come from?"
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21. Then shalt thou say H559 in thine heart H3824 , Who H4310 hath begotten H3205 me H853 these H428 , seeing I H589 have lost my children H7909 , and am desolate H1565 , a captive H1540 , and removing to and fro H5493 ? and who H4310 hath brought up H1431 these H428 ? Behold H2005 , I H589 was left H7604 alone H905 ; these H428 , where H375 had they H1992 been ?
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22. Thus says the Lord GOD: See, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , Behold H2009 , I will lift up H5375 mine hand H3027 to H413 the Gentiles H1471 , and set up H7311 my standard H5251 to H413 the people H5971 : and they shall bring H935 thy sons H1121 in their arms H2684 , and thy daughters H1323 shall be carried H5375 upon H5921 their shoulders H3802 .
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23. Kings shall be your foster fathers, their princesses your nurses; Bowing to the ground, they shall worship you and lick the dust at your feet. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, and those who hope in me shall never be disappointed.
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23. And kings H4428 shall be H1961 thy nursing fathers H539 , and their queens H8282 thy nursing mothers H3243 : they shall bow down H7812 to thee with their face H639 toward the earth H776 , and lick up H3897 the dust H6083 of thy feet H7272 ; and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 : for they H834 shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 that wait H6960 for me.
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24. Thus says the LORD: Can booty be taken from a warrior? or captives be rescued from a tyrant?
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24. Shall the prey H4455 be taken H3947 from the mighty H4480 H1368 , or H518 the lawful H6662 captive H7628 delivered H4422 ?
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25. Yes, captives can be taken from a warrior, and booty be rescued from a tyrant; Those who oppose you I will oppose, and your sons I will save.
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25. But H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Even H1571 the captives H7628 of the mighty H1368 shall be taken away H3947 , and the prey H4455 of the terrible H6184 shall be delivered H4422 : for I H595 will contend with H7378 him that contendeth with H3401 thee , and I H595 will save H3467 thy children H1121 .
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26. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with the juice of the grape. All mankind shall know that I, the LORD, am your savior, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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26. And I will feed H398 H853 them that oppress H3238 thee with H853 their own flesh H1320 ; and they shall be drunken H7937 with their own blood H1818 , as with sweet wine H6071 : and all H3605 flesh H1320 shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 am thy Savior H3467 and thy Redeemer H1350 , the mighty One H46 of Jacob H3290 .
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