“But you, Israel, (A)My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of (B)Abraham My (C)friend,

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10 “You are (A)My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And (B)My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that (C)I am He.
(D)Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.

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He said to Me, “(A)You are My Servant, Israel,
(B)In Whom I will [a]show My glory.”
But I said, “I have (C)toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My (D)reward with My God.”

And now says (E)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that (F)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am (G)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My (H)strength),
He says, “It is too [b]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (I)preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (J)light [c]of the nations
So that My salvation may [d]reach to the (K)end of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:3 Or glorify Myself
  2. Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
  3. Isaiah 49:6 Or to
  4. Isaiah 49:6 Lit be

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My (A)servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and [a]greatly (B)exalted.

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  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or very high

11 As a result of the [a]anguish of His soul,
He will (A)see [b]it and be satisfied;
By His (B)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will (C)bear their iniquities.

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  1. Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
  2. Isaiah 53:11 Another reading is light

18 (A)Behold, My [a]Servant whom I [b]have chosen;
(B)My Beloved in whom My soul [c]is well-pleased;
(C)I will put My Spirit upon Him,
(D)And He shall proclaim [d]justice to the [e]Gentiles.
19 (E)He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20 (F)A battered reed He will not break off,
And a smoldering wick He will not put out,
Until He [f]leads [g]justice to victory.
21 (G)And in His name the [h]Gentiles will hope.”

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  1. Matthew 12:18 Lit Child
  2. Matthew 12:18 Lit chose
  3. Matthew 12:18 Or took pleasure
  4. Matthew 12:18 Or judgment
  5. Matthew 12:18 Or nations
  6. Matthew 12:20 Or puts forth
  7. Matthew 12:20 Or judgment
  8. Matthew 12:21 Or nations

but [a](A)emptied Himself, taking the form of a (B)bond-servant, and (C)being made in the likeness of men.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 I.e. laid aside His privileges