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1. Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.
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1. Listen H8085 , O isles H339 , unto H413 me ; and hearken H7181 , ye people H3816 , from far H4480 H7350 ; The LORD H3068 hath called H7121 me from the womb H4480 H990 ; from the bowels H4480 H4578 of my mother H517 hath he made mention H2142 of my name H8034 .
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2. And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.
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2. And he hath made H7760 my mouth H6310 like a sharp H2299 sword H2719 ; in the shadow H6738 of his hand H3027 hath he hid H2244 me , and made H7760 me a polished H1305 shaft H2671 ; in his quiver H827 hath he hid H5641 me;
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3. And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.`
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3. And said H559 unto me, Thou H859 art my servant H5650 , O Israel H3478 , in whom H834 I will be glorified H6286 .
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4. And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment is with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
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4. Then I H589 said H559 , I have labored H3021 in vain H7385 , I have spent H3615 my strength H3581 for naught H8414 , and in vain H1892 : yet surely H403 my judgment H4941 is with H854 the LORD H3068 , and my work H6468 with H854 my God H430 .
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5. And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God hath been my strength.)
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5. And now H6258 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 that formed H3335 me from the womb H4480 H990 to be his servant H5650 , to bring Jacob again H7725 H3290 to H413 him , Though Israel H3478 be not gathered H622 , yet shall I be glorious H3513 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and my God H430 shall be H1961 my strength H5797 .
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6. And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.`
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6. And he said H559 , It is a light thing H7043 that thou shouldest be H4480 H1961 my servant H5650 to raise up H6965 H853 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 , and to restore H7725 the preserved H5341 of Israel H3478 : I will also give H5414 thee for a light H216 to the Gentiles H1471 , that thou mayest be H1961 my salvation H3444 unto H5704 the end H7097 of the earth H776 .
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7. Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.`
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7. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 , and his Holy One H6918 , to him whom man H5315 despiseth H960 , to him whom the nation H1471 abhorreth H8581 , to a servant H5650 of rulers H4910 , Kings H4428 shall see H7200 and arise H6965 , princes H8269 also shall worship H7812 , because of H4616 the LORD H3068 that H834 is faithful H539 , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 , and he shall choose H977 thee.
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8. Thus said Jehovah: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
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8. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , In an acceptable H7522 time H6256 have I heard H6030 thee , and in a day H3117 of salvation H3444 have I helped H5826 thee : and I will preserve H5341 thee , and give H5414 thee for a covenant H1285 of the people H5971 , to establish H6965 the earth H776 , to cause to inherit H5157 the desolate H8074 heritages H5159 ;
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9. To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture.
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9. That thou mayest say H559 to the prisoners H631 , Go forth H3318 ; to them that H834 are in darkness H2822 , Show yourselves H1540 . They shall feed H7462 in H5921 the ways H1870 , and their pastures H4830 shall be in all H3605 high places H8205 .
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10. They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.
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10. They shall not H3808 hunger H7456 nor H3808 thirst H6770 ; neither H3808 shall the heat H8273 nor sun H8121 smite H5221 them: for H3588 he that hath mercy H7355 on them shall lead H5090 them , even by H5921 the springs H4002 of water H4325 shall he guide H5095 them.
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11. And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
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11. And I will make H7760 all H3605 my mountains H2022 a way H1870 , and my highways H4546 shall be exalted H7311 .
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12. Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
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12. Behold H2009 , these H428 shall come H935 from far H4480 H7350 : and, lo H2009 , these H428 from the north H4480 H6828 and from the west H4480 H3220 ; and these H428 from the land H4480 H776 of Sinim H5515 .
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13. Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.
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13. Sing H7442 , O heavens H8064 ; and be joyful H1523 , O earth H776 ; and break forth H6476 into singing H7440 , O mountains H2022 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath comforted H5162 his people H5971 , and will have mercy H7355 upon his afflicted H6041 .
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14. And Zion saith, `Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.`
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14. But Zion H6726 said H559 , The LORD H3068 hath forsaken H5800 me , and my Lord H136 hath forgotten H7911 me.
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15. Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee.
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15. Can a woman H802 forget H7911 her sucking child H5764 , that she should not have compassion H4480 H7355 on the son H1121 of her womb H990 ? yea H1571 , they H428 may forget H7911 , yet will I H595 not H3808 forget H7911 thee.
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16. Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.
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16. Behold H2005 , I have graven H2710 thee upon H5921 the palms of my hands H3709 ; thy walls H2346 are continually H8548 before H5048 me.
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17. Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.
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17. Thy children H1121 shall make haste H4116 ; thy destroyers H2040 and they that made thee waste H2717 shall go forth H3318 of H4480 thee.
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18. Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.
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18. Lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 round about H5439 , and behold H7200 : all H3605 these gather themselves together H6908 , and come H935 to thee. As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , thou shalt surely H3588 clothe H3847 thee with them all H3605 , as with an ornament H5716 , and bind H7194 them on thee , as a bride H3618 doeth .
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19. Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.
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19. For H3588 thy waste H2723 and thy desolate places H8074 , and the land H776 of thy destruction H2035 , shall even H3588 now H6258 be too narrow H3334 by reason of the inhabitants H4480 H3427 , and they that swallowed thee up H1104 shall be far away H7368 .
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20. Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.`
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20. The children H1121 which thou shalt have , after thou hast lost the other H7923 , shall say H559 again H5750 in thine ears H241 , The place H4725 is too strait H6862 for me : give place H5066 to me that I may dwell H3427 .
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21. And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence are they?
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21. Then shalt thou say H559 in thine heart H3824 , Who H4310 hath begotten H3205 me H853 these H428 , seeing I H589 have lost my children H7909 , and am desolate H1565 , a captive H1540 , and removing to and fro H5493 ? and who H4310 hath brought up H1431 these H428 ? Behold H2005 , I H589 was left H7604 alone H905 ; these H428 , where H375 had they H1992 been ?
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22. Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , Behold H2009 , I will lift up H5375 mine hand H3027 to H413 the Gentiles H1471 , and set up H7311 my standard H5251 to H413 the people H5971 : and they shall bring H935 thy sons H1121 in their arms H2684 , and thy daughters H1323 shall be carried H5375 upon H5921 their shoulders H3802 .
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23. And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth -- they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
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23. And kings H4428 shall be H1961 thy nursing fathers H539 , and their queens H8282 thy nursing mothers H3243 : they shall bow down H7812 to thee with their face H639 toward the earth H776 , and lick up H3897 the dust H6083 of thy feet H7272 ; and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 : for they H834 shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 that wait H6960 for me.
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24. Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
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24. Shall the prey H4455 be taken H3947 from the mighty H4480 H1368 , or H518 the lawful H6662 captive H7628 delivered H4422 ?
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25. For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.
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25. But H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Even H1571 the captives H7628 of the mighty H1368 shall be taken away H3947 , and the prey H4455 of the terrible H6184 shall be delivered H4422 : for I H595 will contend with H7378 him that contendeth with H3401 thee , and I H595 will save H3467 thy children H1121 .
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26. And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, Am the Mighty One of Jacob!`
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26. And I will feed H398 H853 them that oppress H3238 thee with H853 their own flesh H1320 ; and they shall be drunken H7937 with their own blood H1818 , as with sweet wine H6071 : and all H3605 flesh H1320 shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 am thy Savior H3467 and thy Redeemer H1350 , the mighty One H46 of Jacob H3290 .
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