Isaiah 49:1
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The Servant’s Mission
49 Listen to me, O coastlands;
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.(A)
Jeremiah 1:5
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5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”(A)
Galatians 1:15
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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A)
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God
Isaiah 44:2
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2 Thus says the Lord who made you,
who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun whom I have chosen.(A)
Luke 1:31
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31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.(A)
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Isaiah 55:3
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3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.(A)
Isaiah 49:5
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5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(A)
Isaiah 42:1-4
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
2 He will not cry out or lift up his voice
or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.(B)
4 He will not grow faint or be crushed
until he has established justice in the earth,
and the coastlands wait for his teaching.(C)
Psalm 71:5-6
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5 For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.(A)
6 From my birth I have leaned upon you,
my protector since my mother’s womb.[a]
My praise is continually of you.(B)
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- 71.6 Q ms Gk Jerome: MT from my mother’s womb you took me
1 Peter 1:20
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20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.(A)
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Hebrews 12:25
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25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!(A)
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Ephesians 2:17
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17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
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John 10:36
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36 can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?(A)
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Luke 2:10-11
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10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people:(A) 11 to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah,[a] the Lord.(B)
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- 2.11 Or the Christ
Matthew 1:20-21
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20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A)
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Zephaniah 2:11
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11 The Lord will be terrible against them;
he will shrivel all the gods of the earth,
and to him shall bow down
each in its place,
all the coasts and islands of the nations.(A)
Isaiah 66:19
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19 and I will set a sign among them. From them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,[a] and Lud, to Meshech,[b] Tubal, and Javan, to the coastlands far away that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the nations.(A)
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Isaiah 60:9
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9 For the coastlands shall wait for me,
the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring your children from far away,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because he has glorified you.(A)
Isaiah 57:19
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19 creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.[a]
Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord,
and I will heal them.(A)
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- 57.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 51:5
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5 I will bring near my deliverance swiftly;
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will rule the peoples;
the coastlands wait for me,
and for my arm they hope.(A)
Isaiah 46:3
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3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from your birth,
carried from the womb;(A)
Isaiah 45:22
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22 Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.(A)
Isaiah 44:24
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24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who by myself spread out the earth;(A)
Isaiah 42:12
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12 Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare his praise in the coastlands.(A)
Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.(A)
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