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49 Hearken, you isles, unto me,
and you peoples from far, give attention.
The Lord has called me from birth,
from the womb of my mother he gave me my name.
2 Like a sharp sword made he my mouth,
in the shadow of his hand did he hide me;
he made me a polished shaft,
in his quiver he concealed me.
3 And he said to me, ‘You are my servant,
in whom I will show my glory;’
4 But I said, ‘I have laboured in vain,
I have spent my strength on an empty nothing;
yet safe is my cause with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.’
5 And now – thus says the Lord,
who formed me from birth for his servant,
to bring Jacob back unto him,
and that Israel to him might be gathered –
and so I had honour in the sight of the Lord,
my God became my strength.
6 He says, ‘It is too light a thing
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and Israel’s dispersed to restore:
I will make you a light to the nations,
that so my salvation may reach
to the very ends of the earth.’
Israel’s happy return and restoration
7 Thus says the (true) God the Lord,
Israel’s holy redeemer,
to him who of men is contemned,
abhorred of the nations, the servant of tyrants:
kings, when they see you, will rise,
and princes will bow down in homage,
because of the Lord the faithful,
and Israel’s Holy One, who chose you.
8 Thus says the Lord:
now will I favour and answer you,
now will I help and deliver you;
making you pledge and symbol
of my covenant with mankind:
restoring the (ruined) land,
and allotting the desolate heritage;
9 bidding the prisoners go forth,
and the inmates of darkness to show themselves.
They will pasture wherever they go,
even on all the bare hills will be pasture;
10 they will neither hunger nor thirst,
neither sun nor the hot wind will smite them.
For one who pities will lead them,
and guide them to foundations of water.
11 I will make all the mountains a highway,
and roads will be raised everywhere.
12 Lo! Yonder they come from afar,
some from the north and the west,
and some from the land of Syene.
13 Sing, O you heavens, for joy;
and earth, do you exult;
let the mountains break forth into song.
For the Lord comforts his folk,
takes pity upon his affected.
The consolation of Zion
Wasted Zion will be rebuilt and repeopled
14 ‘But the Lord,’ says Zion, ‘has left me;
my Lord has forgotten me clean.’
15 Can a woman forget her babe,
cease to pity the son of her womb?
Yes, such may indeed forget,
but never will I forget you.
16 I have graven you on my hands,
and your walls are for ever before me:
17 in haste men are coming to build you;
while those who have torn you down
and laid you in ruins, will leave you.
18 Lift up your eyes round about, and behold
how they flock to you, all of them gathered together.
Yea, thus says the Lord on oath, as I live,
you will wear them upon you as jewels on a garment,
and bind them about you as bride binds her girdle.
19 For your desolate wastes and your ruined land
(will be turned to a garden and crowded with men.)
Then scarce room enough you will have for your people,
when those who devoured you are far away.
20 The children you long were bereft of
will one day declare in your ears,
‘This place is too narrow for me,
give me ampler space to dwell in.’
21 And then you will say in your heart,
‘Who can have borne me these children?
Since I am bereaved and unfruitful,
who can have reared these children?
Behold! I was left all alone:
who then can these children be?’
Three words of consolation
At a signal from the Lord, the nations will bring Israel back to Zion
22 Thus says the Lord the Lord:
behold I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise for the people my banner (as signal);
and then they will bring your sons in their bosom,
and carry your daughters upon their shoulders.
23 Kings will be your foster-fathers,
and queens will be your nursing mothers;
with face to the earth they will do you homage,
and lick the dust of your feet:
and then you will know that I am the Lord,
who never will bring those who trust me to shame.
The Lord is omnipotent
24 Can prey from the mighty be wrenched,
or can captives escape from a tyrant?
25 Verily, thus says the Lord:
yes, even from the mighty can captives be wrenched,
and the prey of a tyrant escape;
but I will defend your cause,
I will deliver your children,
26 and cause your oppressors to eat their own flesh,
and to drink themselves drunk with their blood as with wine.
And then all flesh will know
that I am your saviour-redeemer,
the Lord, the Strong One of Jacob.
The Lord’s omnipotent love
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