Isaiah 49 Second Timothy

13 Isaiah 49:1
¹Listen to me, isles; listen to me, nations, Yahvah has called me from far away; from the womb, and from the body of my mother he has made mention of my name.

13 Isaiah 49:2-3
²He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me and made me a chosen arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me,
³and said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

13 Isaiah 49:4
⁴I have not said to the sons of Jacob that I have labored in vain, nor that I have spent my strength for nothing. Surely my judgment is before Yahvah, and my work before my God.

13 Isaiah 49:5
⁵Now Yahvah says who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel together; I am glorified in the eyes of Yahvah, and my God has become my strength.

13 Isaiah 49:6
⁶And he said: It is a small thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the heirs of Israel; I have given you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you might be my salvation to the ends of the land.

13 Isaiah 49:7-26
⁷Yahvah, the Holy One of Israel and his Savior says to him whose soul is despised, to him who is abhorred by the people and by the servants of the rulers: Kings will see and arise, princes will also worship him, because of Yahvah who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.

⁸Yahvah says, In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I have formed you and have given you for a contract to the people and a light to the Gentiles, to establish the land, to cause you to possess the desolate heritages;
⁹that you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are shut up, Show yourselves. Come out. They will feed in the paths and their pastures will be in all highways.
¹⁰They will not hunger nor thirst; nor will the sultry heat nor the sun strike them; for he who is merciful to them will lead them, and by the springs of water he will bring them.
¹¹And I will make all mountains to be highways, and the highways will be exalted.
¹²Look, these will come from far away, and look, these from the north and from the islands of the sea, and these from the coast of Sinim.

¹³Sing, skies, and be joyful, land, and break forth into singing, mountains; for Yahvah has comforted his people and will have mercy on his afflicted.

¹⁴But Zion said, Yahvah has forsaken me and Master has forgotten me.

¹⁵Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, but I will not forget you.
¹⁶Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your fortified walls are continually before me.
¹⁷Your sons who caused your destruction and those who laid you waste will make haste and go forth from you.
¹⁸Lift up your eyes all around and look; they gather themselves together and come to you. Yahvah says, As I live you will surely clothe yourself with all of them as with an ornament, and you will be adorned like a bride.

¹⁹For your waste and your desolate places and the land of your destruction will even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will flee away.
²⁰The children which you will have during the time of your bereavement will say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for us; make room for us to live.
²¹Then you will say in your heart, Who has borne me these? For look, I have been bereaved and barren, a captive, and wandering to and fro. And who has brought up these? Look, I was left alone; and these children, where have they been?

²²Master Yahvah says, Look, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles and set up my standard to the nations; and they will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
²³And kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and will lick the dust off your feet; and you will know that I am Yahvah; for they who wait for me will not be ashamed.

²⁴Can the prey be taken away from the mighty, or a giant's captives be delivered?
²⁵For Yahvah says, Even the prey of the mighty will be taken away, and the captives of the mighty will be delivered; and I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
²⁶And I will cause your oppressors to eat their own flesh; and they will be drunk with their own blood as with new wine; and all men will know that I, Yahvah, am your Savior and your Helper, the Mighty One of Jacob.