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Isaiah 48:20-49:4
New King James Version
Isaiah 48:20-49:4
New King James Version
20 (A)Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has (B)redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
21 And they (C)did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He (D)caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 “There(E) is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles
49 “Listen, (F)O coastlands, to Me,
And take heed, you peoples from afar!
(G)The Lord has called Me from the womb;
From the [a]matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
2 And He has made (H)My mouth like a sharp sword;
(I)In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me,
And made Me (J)a polished shaft;
In His quiver He has hidden Me.”
3 “And He said to me,
(K)‘You are My servant, O Israel,
(L)In whom I will be glorified.’
4 (M)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [b]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [c]work with my God.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:1 Lit. inward parts
- Isaiah 49:4 justice
- Isaiah 49:4 recompense
Isaiah 48:20-49:4
New International Version
Isaiah 48:20-49:4
New International Version
20 Leave Babylon,
flee(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(B)
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(C)
say, “The Lord has redeemed(D) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(E) when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow(F) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.(G)
The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen(J) to me, you islands;(K)
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(L) the Lord called(M) me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(N)
2 He made my mouth(O) like a sharpened sword,(P)
in the shadow of his hand(Q) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(R)
and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(S)
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(T)”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(U)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(V)
and my reward(W) is with my God.”(X)
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