Isaiah 49:3-7

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He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel;^(A)
I will be glorified in him.”

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But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.

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And now, says the Lord,
who formed me from the womb to be His Servant,
to bring Jacob back to Him
so that Israel might be gathered to Him;
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God is my strength—

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He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,^(B)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”^(C)

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This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer^(D) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,^(a)^(E)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes^(b) will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel^(F)—and He has chosen you.”^(G)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 49:7: Or by the nation

b. Isaiah 49:7: Lit princes and they

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 49:3: Isaiah 41:8-9; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:5-7; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 53:11; Ezekiel 34:23-24; Acts 3:13

B. Isaiah 49:6: Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 51:4; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; Acts 26:23

C. Isaiah 49:6: Acts 13:47

D. Isaiah 49:7: Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14

E. Isaiah 49:7: Psalm 22:6-8; Psalm 69:7-9; Isaiah 53:3

F. Isaiah 49:7: Isaiah 1:4

G. Isaiah 49:7: Isaiah 41:8-9; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 43:20; Isaiah 44:1-2; Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 65:9; Isaiah 65:15; Isaiah 65:22