1580 Isaiah 49
¶ Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; I am
the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy
peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea :
thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels
like the gravel thereof ; his name should not have been cut off nor
destroyed from before me.
¶ Go ye forth of 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.
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts : he
caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them : he clave the rock
also, and the waters gushed out.
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.49Israel the Lord’s S e r v a n tListen, O isles, unto me ; and hearken, ye people, from far ; The
Lord hath called me from the womb ; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword ; in the shadow of
his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft ; in his
quiver hath he hid me ;
and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for
nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and
my work with my God.
¶ And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his
servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my
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