Isaiah 49

1 to hear: hear coastland to(wards) me and to listen people from distant LORD from belly: womb to call: call to me from belly mother my to remember name my

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother has he made mention of my name:

2 and to set: make lip my like/as sword sharp in/on/with shadow hand his to hide me and to set: make me to/for arrow to purify in/on/with quiver his to hide me

and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me; and he has made me a polished arrow, in his quiver has he kept me close:

3 and to say to/for me servant/slave my you(m. s.) Israel which in/on/with you to beautify

and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

4 and I to say to/for vain be weary/toil to/for formlessness and vanity strength my to end: expend surely justice my with LORD and wages my with God my

But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God."

5 and now to say LORD to form: formed me from belly: womb to/for servant/slave to/for him to/for to return: return Jacob to(wards) him and Israel (to/for him *QK) to gather and to honor: honour in/on/with eye LORD and God my to be strength my

Now says the LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him; for I am honorable in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my strength.

6 and to say to lighten from to be you to/for me servant/slave to/for to arise: establish [obj] tribe Jacob (and to watch *QK) Israel to/for to return: return and to give: make you to/for light nation to/for to be salvation my till end [the] land: country/planet

And he says, "Is it too insignificant a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the remnant of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may bring salvation to the farthest part of the earth."

7 thus to say LORD to redeem: redeem Israel holy his to/for to despise soul: person to/for to abhor nation to/for servant/slave to rule king to see: see and to arise: rise ruler and to bow because LORD which be faithful holy Israel and to choose you

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the one who is despised, to those abhorred as a nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

8 thus to say LORD in/on/with time acceptance to answer you and in/on/with day salvation to help you and to watch you and to give: give you to/for covenant people to/for to arise: establish land: country/planet to/for to inherit inheritance be desolate: destroyed

Thus says the LORD, "In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you as a covenant to the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:

9 to/for to say to/for to bind to come out: come to/for which in/on/with darkness to reveal: uncover upon way: road to pasture and in/on/with all bareness pasturing their

saying to those who are bound, 'Come out.'; to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

10 not be hungry and not to thirst and not to smite them scorching and sun for to have compassion them to lead them and upon spring water to guide them

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.

11 and to set: make all mountain: mount my to/for way: road and highway my to exalt [emph?]

I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

12 behold these from distant to come (in): come and behold these from north and from sea: west and these from land: country/planet Syene

Look, these shall come from far; and look, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Syene."

13 to sing heaven and to rejoice land: country/planet (and to break out *QK) mountain: mount cry for to be sorry: comfort LORD people his and afflicted his to have compassion

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

14 and to say Zion to leave: forsake me LORD and Lord to forget me

But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me."

15 to forget woman infant her from to have compassion son: child belly: womb her also these to forget and I not to forget you

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

16 look! upon palm to decree you wall your before me continually

Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

17 to hasten son: child your to overthrow you and to destroy you from you to come out: come

Your builders hurry; your destroyers and those who devastated you shall depart from you.

18 to lift: look around eye your and to see: see all their to gather to come (in): come to/for you alive I utterance LORD for all their like/as ornament to clothe and to conspire them like/as daughter-in-law: bride

Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live," says the LORD, "you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.

19 for desolation your and be desolate: destroyed your and land: country/planet ruins your for now be distressed from to dwell and to remove to swallow up you

"For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.

20 still to say in/on/with ear your son: child bereavement your narrow to/for me [the] place to approach: approach [emph?] to/for me and to dwell

The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

21 and to say in/on/with heart your who? to beget to/for me [obj] these and I childless and solitary to reveal: remove and to turn aside: remove and these who? to magnify look! I to remain to/for alone me these where? they(masc.)

Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Look, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"

22 thus to say Lord YHWH/God behold to lift: raise to(wards) nation hand my and to(wards) people to exalt ensign my and to come (in): bring son: child your in/on/with bosom and daughter your upon shoulder to lift: bear

Thus says the LORD, "Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

23 and to be king be faithful you and princess their to suckle your face land: soil to bow to/for you and dust foot your to lick and to know for I LORD which not be ashamed to await me

Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed."

24 to take: take from mighty man prey and if captivity righteous to escape

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

25 for thus to say LORD also captivity mighty man to take: take and prey ruthless to escape and with opponent your I to contend and [obj] son: child your I to save

But thus says the LORD, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

26 and to eat [obj] to oppress you [obj] flesh their and like/as sweet blood their be drunk [emph?] and to know all flesh for I LORD to save you and to redeem: redeem your mighty Jacob

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."