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Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his
name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell
this, utter it
even
to the end of the earth; say ye, The L
ORD
hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21
And
they thirsted not
when
he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock
for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22
There is
no peace, saith the L
ORD
,
unto the wicked.
CHAPTER 49
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The L
ORD
hath called me from the womb;
from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
2
And he hath made my mouth
like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his
quiver hath he hid me;
3
And said unto me, Thou
art
my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain:
yet
surely my judgment
is
with the L
ORD
, and my work with my God.
5
And now, saith the L
ORD
that formed me from the womb
to be
his servant, to bring Jacob again
to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the L
ORD
, and my God
shall be my strength.
6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
7
Thus saith the L
ORD
, the
Redeemer of Israel,
and
his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation
abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of
the L
ORD
that is faithful,
and
the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
8
Thus saith the L
ORD
,
In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will
preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit
the desolate heritages;
9
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that
are
in darkness,
Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures
shall be
in all high places.
10
They
shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them
shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
11
And I will make all my
mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo,
these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the
L
ORD
hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
14
But Zion said, The L
ORD
hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that
she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget
thee.
16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of
my
hands; thy walls
are
continually before
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