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His name would not be cut off

Nor destroyed from before Me.

 

²⁰Go ye forth from Babylon,

Flee ye from the Chaldeans;

With a voice of singing

Declare ye, tell this,

Utter it even to the end of the earth;

Say ye: 'The Lord hath redeemed His servant Jacob.

²¹And they thirsted not

When He led them through the deserts;

He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them;

He cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.'

²²There is no peace,

Saith the Lord concerning the wicked.

 

49Listen, O isles, unto me,

And hearken, ye peoples, from far:

The Lord hath called me from the womb,

From the bowels of my mother hath He made mention of my name;

²And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword,

In the shadow of His hand hath He hid me;

And He hath made me a polished shaft,

In His quiver hath He concealed me;

³And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant,

Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

⁴But I said: 'I have laboured in vain,

I have spent my strength for nought and vanity;

Yet surely my right is with the Lord,

And my recompense with my God.'

⁵And now saith the Lord

That formed me from the womb to be His servant,

To bring Jacob back to Him,

And that Israel be gathered unto Him—

For I am honourable in the eyes of the Lord,

And my God is become my strength—

⁶Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob,

And to restore the offspring of Israel;

I will also give thee for a light of the nations,

That My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.'

 

⁷Thus saith the Lord,

The Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One,

To him who is despised of men,

To him who is abhorred of nations,

To a servant of rulers:

Kings shall see and arise,

Princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;

Because of the Lord that is faithful,

Even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

 

⁸Thus saith the Lord:

In an acceptable time have I answered thee,

And in a day of salvation have I helped thee;

And I will preserve thee, and give thee

For a covenant of the people,

To raise up the land,

To cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

⁹Saying to the prisoners: 'Go forth';

To them that are in darkness: 'Show yourselves';

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