Isaiah 49:5-7

Modern English Version

⁵ Now says the Lord,
    who formed me from the womb to be His servant,
to bring Jacob back to Him,
    so that Israel might be gathered to Him
(yet I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God is my strength),
⁶ He says,
“It is a light thing that you should be My servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make you a light to the nations
    so that My salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

⁷ Thus says the Lord,
    the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,
to the despised one, to the one whom the nation abhors,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise,
    princes also shall worship,
because of the Lord who is faithful
    and the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”