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49:1 The work of servant of God

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49:1: Jer 1:5.

49:2: Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16.

49:6: a Isa 42:6; Luk 2:32; Acts 26:23; b Acts 13:47.

49:8: 2Cor 6:2.

49:10: Rev 7:16-17.

49 listen Oh _islands to_me and_pay _attention Oh _peoples from_far _away YHWH before_born called_me from_body mother_my he _has _brought _to _remembrance name_me.
2 And_he/it _assigned mouth_my like_sword sharp in/on/at/with_shadow his/its_hand hid_me and_made_me like_arrow polished in/on/at/with_quiver_his hid_me.
3 And_he/it _said to_me servant_my you Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) whom in/on/at/with_you I _will _get _glory _for _myself.
4 And_I I _said in_vain I _have _laboured for_nothing and_Heⱱel/(Abel) strength_my I _have _caused _to _fail nevertheless justice_my [is]_with YHWH and_reward_my [is]_with god_my.
5 And_now he _says YHWH formed_me from_womb to _be_servant to_him/it to_bring _back Yaˊₐqoⱱ to_him/it and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) wwww[fn] it _will _be _gathered and_honoured in/on_both _eyes _of of_YHWH and_god_my he _has _been strength_my.
6 And_he/it _said it _is _[too]_trifling too _that_be_you to_me servant to_raise _up DOM the _tribes of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_preserved[fn] of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_bring _back and_make_you as_light of _[the]_nations to_be salvation_my to the _end the_earth/land.
7 thus he _says YHWH the _redeemer of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) holy_his to_despised life to_abhorred (of)_a _nation to_servant of _rulers kings they _will _see and_stand _up princes and_bow _down[fn] on _account _of YHWH who [is]_reliable the _holy _[one] of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_chosen_you.
8 Thus he _says YHWH in/on/at/with_time of _favour answered_you and_in/on/at/with_day of _salvation helped_you and_keep_you and_given_you as_covenant of _[the]_people to_restore [the]_land to_apportion inheritances desolate.
9 To_say to_prisoners come _out to_who in/on/at/with_darkness reveal _yourselves on roads they _will _graze and_on/over_all bare _heights pasture_their.
10 Not they _will _be _hungry and_not they _will _be _thirsty and_not strike_them burning _heat and_sun if/because has _compassion _on_them lead_them and_to springs of _water guide_them.
11 And_make all mountains_my into _a_road and_highways_my raised _up.
12 Here these from_afar they _will _come and_see/lo/see these from_north and_from_west and_these from_land of _Sinim.
13 Shout _for _joy Oh _heaven and_rejoice Oh _earth wwww[fn] Oh _mountains a _shout _of _joy if/because he _has _comforted YHWH people_his and_afflicted_his he _has _compassion _on.
14 and_she/it _said Tsiyyōn/(Zion) forsaken_me YHWH and_master_my forgotten_me.
15 Forget a _woman nursing _child_her no_have _compassionon the _child womb_her also these they _will _forget and_I not forget_you.
16 Here on palms inscribed_you walls_your before_me continually.
17 They _have _made _haste children_your destroyers_your and_laid _waste_you from_you they _will _go _out.
18 Lift _up all _around eyes_your and_look all_them they _have _gathered _together they _have _come to/for_you(fs) [by]_the _life of _me the _utterance of_YHWH if/because all_them as _the_ornament you _will _put _on and_bind _on_them like _the_bride.
19 If/because waste_your and_desolate_your and_land ruins_your if/because now you _will _be _[too]_cramped too _for_inhabitants and_far _away swallowed _up_you.
20 Yet they _will _say in/on/at/with_hearing_your the _children bereavement_your it _is _cramped to_me the_place make _room to/for_me and_settle.
21 And_say in/on/at/with_heart_your who did _he _father to_me DOM these _[children] and_I [was]_bereaved and_barren [I _was]_gone _into _exile and_put _away and_these who did _he _bring _up here I I _remained to/for_alone_I these _[children] where [are]_they.
22 thus he _says my_master YHWH here I _will _lift _up to [the]_nations hand_my and_near/to peoples I _will _raise signal_my and_bring sons_your in/on/at/with_bosom and_daughters_your on a _shoulder they _will _be _carried.
23 And_they _will _be kings guardians_your and_queens_their nursing _mothers_your faces ground they _will _bow _down to/for_you(fs) and_dust feet_your they _will _lick _up and_know if/because _that I [am]_YHWH whom not they _will _be _ashamed wait _for_me.
24 taken from_mighty booty and_if [the]_captive[s] of _[the]_righteous will _it _escape.
25 If/because thus he _says YHWH also a _captive of _a _warrior he _will _be _taken and_prey of _a _ruthless _[person] it _will _be _delivered and_DOM contend_you I I _will _oppose and_DOM children_your I I _will _save.
26 And_eat DOM oppressors_your DOM flesh_their _own and_as _the_wine blood_their _own drunk and_know all flesh if/because _that I [am]_YHWH saviour_your and_redeemer_your the _mighty _one of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob).
50 thus he _says YHWH where this [is]_the _document of _the _divorce mother’s_your _all’s which sent _away_her or who of_creditors_my whom I _sold DOM_you _all to_him/it here in/on/at/with_iniquities_your _all’s you _all _were _sold and_in/on/at/with_transgressions_your _all’s she _was _sent _away mother_your _all’s.
2 Why did _I _come and_was _there _no anyone did _I _call[fn] and_no [one _who]_answered to _be _short was _it _[too]_short hand_my cannot_redeem and_if [was]_there _not in/on/at/with_I strength to_deliver here in/on/at/with_rebuke_my I _dry _up [the]_sea I _make rivers a _wilderness it _will _stink fish_their for_lack water and_die in/on/at/with_thirst.
3 I _clothe [the]_heavens darkness and_sackcloth I _make covering_their.

49:5 Variant note: לא: (x-qere) ’ל֣/וֹ’: lemma_l morph_HR/Sp3ms id_23Xmm ל֣/וֹ

49:6 Variant note: ו/נצירי: (x-qere) ’וּ/נְצוּרֵ֥י’: lemma_c/5341 morph_HC/Vqsmpc id_23PiS וּ/נְצוּרֵ֥י

49:7 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

49:13 Variant note: יפצחו: (x-qere) ’וּ/פִצְח֥וּ’: lemma_c/6476 morph_HC/Vqv2mp id_23ruf וּ/פִצְח֥וּ

50:2 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

OET by section ISA 49:1

The work of servant of God

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