Isaiah 49:7-9
International Standard Version
7 “This is what my Lord[a] says—
the Lord your Redeemer, O Israel,[b]
and his Holy One—
to one despised by people,[c]
to those abhorred[d] as a nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings see[e] and arise,
and princes[f] will bow down,
because of the Lord who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel,
the one who has[g] chosen you.”
The Restoration of Israel
8 “This what the Lord says:
“I’ll answer[h] you in a time of favor,
and on a day of salvation I’ll help[i] you.
I have watched over you,
and given you as a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated;
9 saying to captives, ‘Come out!’
and[j] to those who are in darkness, ‘Be free!’[k]
“They will feed on all the mountains,[l]
and their pasture will be on all the barren hills.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks my Lord
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read the Redeemer of Israel
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT CaiGen LXX reads to one people despise
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads one abhorred
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Kings will see; LXX reads Kings will see him
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab reads They will rise; MT LXX read princes will rise, and they
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and the one who has; LXX reads and I have
- Isaiah 49:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads I have answered
- Isaiah 49:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read I have helped
- Isaiah 49:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lack and
- Isaiah 49:9 Or darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’
- Isaiah 49:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads by the roads; LXX reads in all their roads
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