Listen,
O isles,
unto me; and hearken,
ye people,
from far;
The LORD
hath called
me from the womb;
from the bowels
of my mother
hath he made mention
of my name.
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;
covering
σκέπην
skepēn
quiver
φαρέτρᾳ
pharetra
shelter
ἐσκέπασέν
eskepasen
And said
unto me, Thou art my servant,
O Israel,
in whom I will be glorified.
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 LORD,
and my work
with my God.
say
And now, saith
the LORD
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 LORD,
and my God
shall be my strength.
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.
say
Thus saith
the LORD,
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 LORD
that is faithful,
and the Holy One
of Israel,
and he shall choose
thee.
trivialize
φαυλίζοντα
phaulizonta
Thus saith
the LORD,
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;
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.
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.
And I will make
all my mountains
a way,
and my highways
shall be exalted.
Behold, these shall come
from far:
and, lo, these from the north
and from the west;
and these from the land
of Sinim.
Sing,
O heavens;
and be joyful,
O earth;
and break forth
into singing,
O mountains:
for the LORD
hath comforted
his people,
and will have mercy
upon his afflicted.
But Zion
said,
The LORD
hath forsaken
me, and my Lord
hath forgotten
me.
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.
say
Behold, I have graven
thee upon the palms of my hands;
thy walls
are continually
before me.
Thy children
shall make haste;
thy destroyers
and they that made thee waste
shall go forth
of thee.
Lift up
thine eyes
round about,
and behold:
all these gather themselves together,
and come
to thee. As I live,
saith
the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe
thee with them all, as with an ornament,
and bind
them on thee, as a bride
doeth.
For thy waste
and thy desolate places,
and the land
of thy destruction,
shall even now be too narrow
by reason of the inhabitants,
and they that swallowed thee up
shall be far away.
lengthen
μακρυνθήσονται
makrynthēsontai
The children
which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost
the other, shall say
again in thine ears,
The place
is too strait
for me: give
place
to me that I may dwell.
Then shalt thou say
in thine heart,
Who hath begotten
me these, seeing I have lost my children,
and am desolate,
a captive,
and removing to and fro?
and who hath brought up
these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where
had they been?
Thus saith
the Lord
GOD,
Behold, I will lift up
mine hand
to the Gentiles,
and set up
my standard
to the people:
and they shall bring
thy sons
in their arms,
and thy daughters
shall be carried
upon their shoulders.
And kings
shall be thy nursing fathers,
and their queens
thy nursing mothers:
they shall bow down
to thee with their face
toward the earth,
and lick up
the dust
of thy feet;
and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD:
for they shall not be ashamed
that wait
for me.
nursing
τιθηνοί
tithēnoi
lick up
λείξουσιν
leixousin
Shall the prey
be taken
from the mighty,
or the lawful
captive
delivered?
But thus saith
the LORD,
Even the captives
of the mighty
shall be taken away,
and the prey
of the terrible
shall be delivered:
for I will contend
with him that contendeth
with thee, and I will save
thy children.
giant
γίγαντα
giganta
And I will feed
them that oppress
thee with their own flesh;
and they shall be drunken
with their own blood,
as with sweet wine:
and all flesh
shall know
that I the LORD
am thy Saviour
and thy Redeemer,
the mighty One
of Jacob.
