THE BOOKE OF THE Prophet Isaiah. Chapter 49

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CHAP. XLIX.

1 Christ being sent to the Iewes, complaineth of them. 5 He is sent to the Gentiles, with gracious promises. 13 Gods loue is perpetuall to his Church. 18 The ample restauration of the Church. 24 The powerfull deliuerance out of captiuity.

¹Listen, O yles, vnto me, and hearken yee people from farre. The Lord hath called mee from the wombe, from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

²And he hath made my mouth like a sharpe sword, in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made mee a polished shaft; in his quiuer hath hee hid me,

³And sayd vnto me; Thou art my seruant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

⁴Then I said; I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for nought, and in vaine, yet surely my iudgement is with the Lord, and my worke with my God.⁴

⁵¶ And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the wombe to be his seruant, to bring Iacob againe to him; Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall bee my strength.⁵

⁶And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to raise vp the tribes of Iacob, and to restore the preserued of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my saluation, vnto the end of the earth.⁶

⁷Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, and his holy one, to him whom man dispiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a seruant of rulers; Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithfull, and the holy one of Israel, and he shall choose thee.⁷

⁸Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time haue I heard thee, and in a day of saluation haue I helped thee: and I will preserue thee, and giue thee for a couenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherite the desolate heritages:⁸

⁹That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Goe forth; to them that are in darkenesse, Shewe your selues: they shall feede in the wayes, and their pastures shalbe in all high places.⁹

¹⁰They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heate nor sunne smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, euen by the springs of water shall he guide them.¹⁰

¹¹And I will make all my mountaines a way, and my high wayes shall be exalted.

¹²Behold, these shall come from far: and loe, these from the North and from the West, and these from the land of Sinim.

¹³¶ Sing, O heauen, and be ioyfull, O earth, and breake forth into singing, O mountaines: for God hath comforted his people, and will haue mercy vpon his afflicted.

¹⁴But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

¹⁵Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.¹⁵

¹⁶Behold, I haue grauen thee vpon the palmes of my hands: thy walles are continually before mee.

¹⁷Thy children shal make haste, thy destroyers, and they that made thee waste, shall goe forth of thee.

¹⁸¶ Lift vp thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth.¹⁸

¹⁹For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall euen now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee vp, shall bee farre away.

²⁰The children which thou shalt haue, after thou hast lost the other, shall say againe in thine eares, The place is too straight for me: giue place to mee that I may dwell.

²¹Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I haue lost my children and am desolate, a captiue and remouing to and fro? and who hath brought vp these? Beholde, I was left alone, these where had they beene?

²²Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift vp mine hand to the Gentiles, and set vp my standerd to the people: and they shall bring thy sonnes in their armes: and thy daughters shal be caried vpon their shoulders.²²

²³And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queenes thy nursing mothers: they shall bow downe to thee with their face toward the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.²³

²⁴¶ Shall the pray be taken from the mightie, or the lawfull captiue deliuered?²⁴

²⁵But thus saith the Lord, Euen the captiues of the mightie shall be taken away, and the pray of the terrible shall be deliuered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will saue thy children.²⁵

²⁶And I will feede them that oppresse thee, with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and thy Redeemer, the mightie One of Iacob.²⁶

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Isaiah Chapter 49

⁴ Or, my reward.
⁵ Or, that Israel may be gathered to him, and I may &c.
⁶ Or, art thou lighter, then that thou shouldest &c. , Or, desolations. , Chap.42. 6.
⁷ Or, to him that is despised in soule.
⁸ 1.Cor.6. 2. , Or, raise vp.
⁹ Chap.42. 7.
¹⁰ Reu.7.16.
¹⁵ Heb. from hauing compassion.
¹⁸ Chap. 60. 4.
²² Hebr. bosome.
²³ Heb. nourishers. , Heb. Princesses. , Psal.72.9.
²⁴ Hebr. the captiuitie of the iust.
²⁵ Heb. captiuitie.
²⁶ Reu.14. 20. and 16. 6. , Or, new wine.

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