Isaiah 49:4-9

Christian Standard Bible

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,^(A)
to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”^(B)
7 This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer^(C) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,^[a](D)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see, princes will stand up,
and they^[b] will all bow down
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel^(E)—and he has chosen you.”^(F)

I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.^(G)
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,^(H)
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
⁹ saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”^(I)
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.^(J)