Isaiah 49:5-13

New American Standard Bible

⁵And now says ^(A)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ^(B)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am ^(C)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My ^(D)strength),
⁶He says, “It is too ^[a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the ^(E)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a ^(F)light ^[b]of the nations
So that My salvation may ^[c]reach to the ^(G)end of the earth.”
⁷This is what the Lord, the ^(H)Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
Says to the ^[d]^(I)despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers:
“^(J)Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also ^(K)bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

⁸This is what the Lord says:
“At a ^(L)favorable time I answered You,
And on a day of salvation I helped You;
And I will ^(M)watch over You and ^(N)make You a covenant of the people,
To ^[e]^(O)restore the land, to give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands;
⁹Saying to those who are ^(P)bound, ‘^[f]Go free,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
They will feed along the roads,
And their pasture will be on all ^(Q)bare heights.
¹⁰They will ^(R)not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching ^(S)heat or sun strike them down;
For ^(T)He who has compassion on them will ^(U)lead them,
And He will guide them to ^(V)springs of water.
¹¹I will make all ^(W)My mountains a road,
And My ^(X)highways will be raised up.
¹²Behold, these will come ^(Y)from afar;
And behold, these will come from the ^(Z)north and from the west,
And these from the land of Aswan.”
¹³^(AA)Shout for joy, you heavens! And rejoice, you earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, mountains!
For the ^(AB)Lord has comforted His people
And will ^(AC)have compassion on His afflicted.