1Listen to me, ye distant lands! Attend, ye nations from afar! Jehovah called me at my birth; In my very childhood he called me by name.

stylus

Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:5, Galatians 1:15, Galatians 1:15, Isaiah 44:2

2He made my mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of his hand did he hide me. He made me a polished shaft; In his quiver did he hide me.

stylus

Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 1:16, Isaiah 50:4

3He said to me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

stylus

Isaiah 42:1, 1 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 42:1, 1 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 44:23

4Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.

stylus

Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 35:4, Galatians 4:11, Galatians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 12:15

5And now thus saith Jehovah, Who formed me from my birth to be his servant To bring Jacob to him again, And that Israel might be gathered to him,—For I am honored in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God is my strength,—

stylus

Matthew 28:18, John 3:35, Matthew 17:5, Matthew 28:18, John 3:35

6He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.

stylus

Acts 13:47, Acts 13:47, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:6, Luke 2:32

7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised by men, abhorred by the people, To the servant of tyrants; Kings shall see, and stand up, Princes, and they shall pay homage, On account of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

stylus

Matthew 26:67, Matthew 26:67, 1 Peter 2:4, Isaiah 53:3, 1 Peter 2:4

8Thus saith Jehovah; In the time of favor will I hear thee; In the day of deliverance will I help thee; I will preserve thee, and make thee a mediator for the people, To restore the land, to distribute the desolated inheritances;

stylus

2 Corinthians 6:2, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:6, Psalms 69:13

9To say to the prisoners, Go forth! To them that are in darkness, Come to the light! They shall feed in the ways, And on all high places shall be their pasture.

stylus

Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 42:7, Psalms 102:20

10They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; Neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; For he that hath compassion on them shall lead them; To springs of water shall he guide them.

stylus

Revelation 7:16, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 7:16, Revelation 7:17, Matthew 5:6

11And I will make all my mountains a highway; And my roads shall be prepared.

stylus

Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 11:16, Luke 3:4, Luke 3:5, Isaiah 35:8

12Behold! these shall come from far; And behold! these from the North and from the West, And these from the land of Sinim.

stylus

Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 43:5, Isaiah 43:6, Revelation 11:15

13Sing, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth! Break forth into singing, ye mountains! For Jehovah comforteth his people, And hath compassion on his afflicted ones.

stylus

Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 51:3, Isaiah 51:3, Psalms 96:11

14Zion saith, "Jehovah hath forsaken me; The Lord hath forgotten me."

stylus

Romans 11:1, Romans 11:5, Isaiah 40:27, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:5

15Can a woman forget her sucking child, So as not to have compassion on the son of her womb? Yet, should they forget, I will never forget thee!

stylus

Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 44:21, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:13, Matthew 7:11

16Behold, I have graven thee on the palms of my hands; Thy walls are ever before my eyes.

stylus

Haggai 2:23, Haggai 2:23, Isaiah 62:6, Isaiah 62:6, Isaiah 60:18

17Thy children shall make haste; They that destroyed and laid thee waste shall depart from thee.

stylus

Isaiah 62:5, Isaiah 51:13, Isaiah 62:5, Isaiah 51:13, Ezekiel 28:24

18Lift up thine eyes around, and see! They all assemble themselves, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with a rich dress; Thou shalt bind them on thee, as a bride her jewels.

stylus

Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:3, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:3, Isaiah 66:12

19For thy waste and desolate places, and thy land laid in ruins, Shall now be too narrow for the inhabitants; And they that devoured thee shall be far away.

stylus

Zechariah 10:10, Zechariah 10:10, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:2, Isaiah 54:1

20Thou, that hast been childless, shalt yet hear thy sons exclaim: "The place is too narrow for me; make room for me that I may dwell."

stylus

Isaiah 60:4, Hosea 1:10, Galatians 4:26, Galatians 4:28, Joshua 17:14

21And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these? I surely was childless and unfruitful, An exile, and an outcast; who then hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, then, where were they?

stylus

Isaiah 54:3, Isaiah 54:8, Romans 11:11, Romans 11:17, Isaiah 51:17

22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will lift up my hand to the nations, And set up my standard to the kingdoms; They shall bring thy sons in their arms, And thy daughters upon their shoulders.

stylus

Luke 13:29, Psalms 86:9, Luke 13:29, Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 42:1

23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And queens thy nursing mothers; Upon their faces shall they bow down before thee, And lick the dust of thy feet. Thus shalt thou know that I am Jehovah; And they who trust in me shall not be put to shame.

stylus

Isaiah 60:14, Isaiah 60:14, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 60:3

24Shall the prey be taken away from the mighty? Or shall the spoil of the terrible be rescued?

stylus

Luke 11:21, Luke 11:22, Luke 11:21, Luke 11:22, Psalms 124:6

25Yea, thus saith Jehovah, The prey shall be taken away from the mighty, And the spoil of the terrible shall be rescued; For with him that contendeth with thee will I contend,

stylus

Isaiah 54:15, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 54:15, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 35:4

26And I will save thy children. And I will cause thine oppressors to eat their own flesh; With their own blood shall they be drunk, as with new wine; And all flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy saviour; That thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.

stylus

Isaiah 9:20, Isaiah 9:20, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 16:6, Isaiah 9:4