Isaiah 49

¹Listen to Me, O islands;49:1 Or coastlands

²He made My mouth like a sharp sword;

³He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,

⁴But I said, “I have labored in vain,

⁵And now says the LORD,

⁶He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant,

⁷Thus says the LORD,

⁸This is what the LORD says:

⁹to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

¹⁰They will not hunger or thirst,

¹¹I will turn all My mountains into roads,

¹²Behold, they will come from far away,

¹³Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth;

¹⁴But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me;

¹⁵“Can a woman forget her nursing child,

¹⁶Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

¹⁷Your builders 49:17 DSS; MT Your sons hasten back;

¹⁸Lift up your eyes and look around.

¹⁹For your ruined and desolate places

²⁰Yet the children of your bereavement

²¹Then you will say in your heart,

²²This is what the Lord GOD says:

²³Kings will be your foster fathers,

²⁴Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty,

²⁵Indeed, this is what the LORD says:

²⁶I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;