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Isaiah 49
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 49
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Servant Brings Salvation
49 Coastlands,[a] listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called(A) me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.(B)
2 He made my words like a sharp sword;(C)
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.(D)
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel;(E)
I will be glorified in him.”
4 But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.
5 And 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;
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God is my strength—
6 He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,(F)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”(G)
7 This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer(H) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,[b](I)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes[c] will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel(J)—and He has chosen you.”(K)
8 This is what the Lord says:
I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.(L)
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,(M)
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
9 saying to the prisoners: Come out,(N)
and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.
They will feed along the pathways,
and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.(O)
10 They will not hunger or thirst,
the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;
for their compassionate One will guide them,
and lead them to springs of water.(P)
11 I will make all My mountains into a road,
and My highways will be raised up.(Q)
12 See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,[d](R)
and from the land of Sinim.[e][f]
13 Shout for joy, you heavens!(S)
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted His people,(T)
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.(U)
Zion Remembered
14 Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;
The Lord has forgotten me!”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;(V)
your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your builders[g] hurry;
those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.
18 Look up, and look around.
They all gather together; they come to you.(W)
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children[h] as jewelry,
and put them on as a bride does.
19 For your waste and desolate places
and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,(X)
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 Yet as you listen, the children
that you have been deprived of will say,
‘This place is too small for me;
make room for me so that I may settle.’(Y)
21 Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”[i]
22 This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.(Z)
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.(AA)
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens[j] your nursing mothers.(AB)
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.(AC)
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;(AD)
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.(AE)
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of the righteous[k] be delivered?
25 For this is what the Lord says:
“Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken,
and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered;
I will contend with the one who contends with you,
and I will save your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,(AF)
and they will be drunk with their own blood
as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh will know
that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,(AG)
and your Redeemer,(AH) the Mighty One of Jacob.”(AI)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:1 Or Islands
- Isaiah 49:7 Or by the nation
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit princes and they
- Isaiah 49:12 Lit sea
- Isaiah 49:12 DSS read of the Syenites
- Isaiah 49:12 Perhaps modern Aswan in southern Egypt
- Isaiah 49:17 DSS, Aq, Theod, Vg; MT, Syr, Sym read sons
- Isaiah 49:18 Lit all of them
- Isaiah 49:21 Lit where are they
- Isaiah 49:23 Lit princesses
- Isaiah 49:24 DSS, Syr, Vg read fearsome one, or tyrant
Isaías 49
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Promesa de salvación
49 Escúchenme, islas[a](A),
Y atiendan, pueblos lejanos.
El Señor me llamó desde el seno materno(B),
Desde las entrañas de Mi madre mencionó Mi nombre.
2 Ha hecho Mi boca como espada afilada(C),
En la sombra de Su mano me ha escondido(D).
Me ha hecho también como flecha escogida[b](E),
En Su aljaba me ha escondido.
3 Y me dijo: «Tú eres Mi siervo(F), Israel,
En quien Yo mostraré Mi gloria[c](G)».
4 Y Yo dije: «En vano he trabajado(H),
En vanidad y en nada he gastado Mis fuerzas;
Pero Mi derecho está en el Señor,
Y Mi recompensa con Mi Dios(I)».
5 ¶Y ahora dice el Señor (el que me formó desde el seno materno para ser Su siervo(J),
Para hacer que Jacob vuelva a Él y que Israel se reúna con Él(K),
Porque honrado soy a los ojos del Señor(L)
Y Mi Dios ha sido Mi fortaleza(M)),
6 Dice Él: «Poca[d] cosa es que Tú seas Mi siervo,
Para levantar las tribus de Jacob y para restaurar a los que quedaron[e] de Israel(N).
También te haré luz de[f] las naciones(O),
Para que Mi salvación alcance[g] hasta los confines de la tierra(P)».
7 Así dice el Señor, el Redentor de Israel, el Santo suyo(Q),
Al despreciado[h](R), al aborrecido de la nación,
Al siervo de gobernantes:
«Lo verán reyes y se levantarán(S),
Príncipes, y se postrarán(T),
A causa del Señor que es fiel,
Del Santo de Israel que te ha escogido».
8 ¶Así dice el Señor: «En tiempo propicio te he respondido,
En día de salvación te he ayudado(U).
Te guardaré y te daré por pacto del pueblo(V),
Para restaurar[i] la tierra(W), para repartir las heredades asoladas,
9 Para decir a los presos: “Salgan”;
A los que están en tinieblas(X): “Muéstrense”.
Por los caminos pastarán,
Y en todas las alturas desoladas tendrán sus pastos(Y).
10 -»No pasarán hambre ni sed(Z),
No los herirá el calor abrasador ni el sol(AA),
Porque el que tiene compasión de ellos los guiará(AB),
Y los conducirá a manantiales de aguas(AC).
11 -»Convertiré todos Mis montes en camino(AD),
Y Mis calzadas serán levantadas(AE).
12 -»Miren, estos vendrán de lejos(AF);
Otros del norte y del occidente(AG),
Y aquellos de la tierra de Sinim».
13 Griten de júbilo, cielos, y regocíjate, tierra(AH).
Prorrumpan, montes, en gritos de alegría,
Porque el Señor ha consolado a Su pueblo(AI),
Y de Sus afligidos tendrá compasión(AJ).
14 ¶Pero Sión dijo: «El Señor me ha abandonado,
El Señor se ha olvidado de mí».
15 ¿Puede una mujer olvidar a su niño de pecho,
Sin compadecerse del hijo de sus entrañas?
Aunque ella se olvidara, Yo no te olvidaré(AK).
16 En las palmas de Mis manos, te he grabado(AL);
Tus muros están constantemente delante de Mí(AM).
17 Tus edificadores[j] se apresuran;
Tus destructores y tus devastadores(AN)
Se alejarán de ti.
18 Levanta en derredor tus ojos y mira(AO):
Todos ellos se reúnen(AP), vienen a ti(AQ).
«Vivo Yo(AR)», declara el Señor,
«Que a todos ellos como joyas[k] te los pondrás, y te adornarás con ellos como una novia(AS).
19 -»En cuanto a[l] tus lugares desiertos y desolados y tu tierra arruinada(AT),
Ahora serás ciertamente demasiado estrecha para los moradores(AU),
Y tus devoradores estarán muy lejos(AV).
20 -»Todavía te dirán al oído los hijos de los que fuiste privada[m]:
“El lugar es muy estrecho para mí;
Hazme sitio para que yo more aquí(AW)”.
21 -»Y dirás en tu corazón(AX):
“¿Quién me ha dado estos?
Pues yo había sido privada de mis hijos,
Y era estéril(AY), desterrada y errante(AZ).
Y a estos, ¿quién los ha criado?
Yo había sido dejada sola(BA);
Y estos, ¿dónde estaban(BB)?”».
22 ¶Así dice el Señor Dios[n]:
«Levantaré hacia las naciones Mi mano,
Y hacia los pueblos alzaré Mi estandarte(BC).
Traerán a tus hijos en brazos,
Y tus hijas en hombros serán llevadas(BD).
23 -»Reyes serán tus tutores(BE),
Y sus princesas, tus nodrizas.
Rostro en tierra te rendirán homenaje(BF)
Y el polvo de tus pies lamerán(BG).
Y sabrás que Yo soy el Señor(BH),
Y que no se avergonzarán(BI) los que esperan en Mí(BJ).
24 ¶»¿Se le podrá quitar la presa al poderoso,
O rescatar al cautivo del tirano[o](BK)?».
25 Ciertamente así dice el Señor:
«Aun los cautivos del poderoso serán recobrados(BL),
Y rescatada será la presa del tirano.
Con el que luche contigo Yo lucharé,
Y salvaré a tus hijos(BM).
26 -»Haré comer a tus opresores(BN) su propia carne(BO),
Y como si fuera vino dulce, con su sangre se embriagarán.
Y toda carne[p] sabrá que Yo, el Señor, soy tu Salvador(BP)
Y tu Redentor(BQ), el Poderoso de Jacob».
Footnotes
- 49:1 O costas.
- 49:2 O afilada.
- 49:3 O me gloriaré.
- 49:6 Lit. Ligera.
- 49:6 Lit. preservados.
- 49:6 O a.
- 49:6 Lit. sea.
- 49:7 Lit. despreciado de alma.
- 49:8 Lit. establecer.
- 49:17 Así en algunas versiones antiguas y en los M.M.M.; en el T.M., hijos.
- 49:18 Lit. adorno.
- 49:19 Lit. Porque.
- 49:20 Lit. de tu privación.
- 49:22 Heb. YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor.
- 49:24 Así en algunas versiones antiguas y en los M.M.M.; en el T.M., del justo.
- 49:26 O todo ser humano.
Isaiah 49
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Isaiah 49
New International Version
The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)
2 He made my mouth(F) like a sharpened sword,(G)
in the shadow of his hand(H) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(I)
and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(J)
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(K)”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(L)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(M)
and my reward(N) is with my God.”(O)
5 And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb(P) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel(Q) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(R) in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength(S)—
6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(T)
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(U)
I will also make you a light(V) for the Gentiles,(W)
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(X)
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(Y)—
to him who was despised(Z) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(AA) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(AB)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(AC)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(AD) you.”
Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
“In the time of my favor(AE) I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;(AF)
I will keep(AG) you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people,(AH)
to restore the land(AI)
and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(AJ)
9 to say to the captives,(AK) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,(AL) ‘Be free!’
“They will feed beside the roads
and find pasture on every barren hill.(AM)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(AN)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(AO)
He who has compassion(AP) on them will guide(AQ) them
and lead them beside springs(AR) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(AS) will be raised up.(AT)
12 See, they will come from afar(AU)—
some from the north, some from the west,(AV)
some from the region of Aswan.[b]”
13 Shout for joy,(AW) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(AX)
burst into song, you mountains!(AY)
For the Lord comforts(AZ) his people
and will have compassion(BA) on his afflicted ones.(BB)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(BE) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(BF)
16 See, I have engraved(BG) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(BH) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(BI) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(BJ) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(BK)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(BL) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(BM)
and your land laid waste,(BN)
now you will be too small for your people,(BO)
and those who devoured(BP) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’(BQ)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?(BR)
I was bereaved(BS) and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.(BT)
Who brought these(BU) up?
I was left(BV) all alone,(BW)
but these—where have they come from?’”
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(BX) says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner(BY) to the peoples;
they will bring(BZ) your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.(CA)
23 Kings(CB) will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.(CC)
They will bow down(CD) before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust(CE) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(CF)
those who hope(CG) in me will not be disappointed.(CH)”
25 But this is what the Lord says:
“Yes, captives(CJ) will be taken from warriors,(CK)
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(CL)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(CM)
and your children I will save.(CN)
26 I will make your oppressors(CO) eat(CP) their own flesh;
they will be drunk on their own blood,(CQ) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(CR)
that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(CS)
your Redeemer,(CT) the Mighty One of Jacob.(CU)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous
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