Thematic Bible
Isaiah 49:1 (show verse)
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 49:2 (show verse)
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
Isaiah 49:3 (show verse)
I will be glorified in him.”
Isaiah 49:4 (show verse)
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.
Isaiah 49:5 (show verse)
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—
Isaiah 49:6 (show verse)
“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,
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Isaiah 49:7 (show verse)
the Redeemer
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel
Isaiah 49:8 (show verse)
This is what the Lord says:
I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
Isaiah 49:9 (show verse)
and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.
They will feed along the pathways,
and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.
Isaiah 49:10 (show verse)
the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;
for their compassionate One will guide them,
and lead them to springs of water.
Isaiah 49:11 (show verse)
and My highways will be raised up.
Isaiah 49:12 (show verse)
from the north and from the west,
and from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah 49:13 (show verse)
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Isaiah 49:14 (show verse)
The Lord has forgotten me!”
Isaiah 49:15 (show verse)
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Isaiah 49:16 (show verse)
your walls are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:17 (show verse)
those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.
Isaiah 49:18 (show verse)
They all gather together; they come to you.
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children
and put them on as a bride does.
Isaiah 49:19 (show verse)
and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
Isaiah 49:20 (show verse)
that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’
Isaiah 49:21 (show verse)
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
Isaiah 49:22 (show verse)
This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
Isaiah 49:23 (show verse)
and their queens
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 49:24 (show verse)
or the captives of the righteous
Isaiah 49:25 (show verse)
“Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken,
and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered;
I will contend with the one who contends with you,
and I will save your children.
Isaiah 49:26 (show verse)
and they will be drunk with their own blood
as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh will know
that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
and your Redeemer,