And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, (A)in whom I will be glorified.”[a]
(B)But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
    and my recompense with my God.”

(C)And now the Lord says,
    he (D)who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
    and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for (E)I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:3 Or I will display my beauty

He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)
But I said, “I have labored in vain;(C)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(D)
    and my reward(E) is with my God.”(F)

And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(G) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(H) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(I) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be