WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:01.780 Chapter 49. 00:02.760 --> 00:06.940 Listen, O Isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from far. 00:07.200 --> 00:09.500 The Lord hath called me from the womb. 00:10.240 --> 00:14.960 From the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name, and he hath made my 00:14.960 --> 00:16.260 mouth like a sharp sword. 00:16.600 --> 00:21.200 In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft. 00:21.640 --> 00:27.320 In his quiver hath he hid me, and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, 00:27.320 --> 00:29.160 in whom I will be glorified. 00:29.900 --> 00:35.160 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, 00:35.640 --> 00:36.460 and in vain. 00:37.360 --> 00:41.480 Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. 00:42.460 --> 00:47.640 And now saith the Lord that formed me from the womb, to be his servant, to bring 00:47.640 --> 00:49.160 Jacob again to him. 00:49.960 --> 00:53.960 Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the 00:53.960 --> 00:56.480 Lord, and my God shall be my strength. 00:56.480 --> 01:01.940 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the 01:01.940 --> 01:05.080 tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. 01:05.820 --> 01:10.480 I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 01:10.480 --> 01:12.060 unto the end of the earth. 01:12.520 --> 01:18.480 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man 01:18.480 --> 01:23.080 despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers. 01:24.080 --> 01:29.780 Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is 01:29.780 --> 01:33.580 faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 01:34.460 --> 01:40.080 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of 01:40.080 --> 01:41.580 salvation have I helped thee. 01:41.980 --> 01:46.800 And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish 01:46.800 --> 01:50.500 the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages. 01:50.500 --> 01:54.260 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth. 01:54.880 --> 01:57.540 To them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. 01:58.160 --> 02:02.400 They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 02:03.060 --> 02:07.560 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them. 02:08.280 --> 02:11.040 For he that hath mercy on them shall lead them. 02:11.640 --> 02:14.140 Even by the springs of water shall he guide them. 02:14.840 --> 02:19.160 And I will make all my mountains away, and my highways shall be exalted. 02:19.860 --> 02:25.160 Behold, these shall come from far and low, these from the north and from the west, 02:25.660 --> 02:27.200 and these from the land of Sinim. 02:28.440 --> 02:33.080 Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, 02:33.320 --> 02:33.820 O mountains. 02:34.440 --> 02:38.740 For the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 02:39.400 --> 02:44.780 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 02:46.060 --> 02:48.500 Can a woman forget her sucking child? 02:48.500 --> 02:52.100 That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? 02:52.960 --> 02:56.500 Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 02:57.340 --> 03:00.900 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. 03:01.500 --> 03:03.660 Thy walls are continually before me. 03:04.360 --> 03:05.760 Thy children shall make haste. 03:06.540 --> 03:10.420 Thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 03:11.600 --> 03:16.340 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold, all these gather themselves 03:16.340 --> 03:17.900 together and come to thee. 03:18.740 --> 03:23.940 As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 03:24.400 --> 03:28.300 as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth. 03:29.040 --> 03:34.740 For thy waste and thy desolate places and the land of thy destruction shall even now 03:34.740 --> 03:37.200 be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants. 03:37.800 --> 03:40.460 And they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 03:41.820 --> 03:47.280 The children which thou shalt have after thou hast lost the other shall say again 03:47.280 --> 03:50.840 in thine ears, The place is too straight for me. 03:51.540 --> 03:53.360 Give place to me that I may dwell. 03:54.400 --> 04:00.140 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have 04:00.140 --> 04:05.060 lost my children and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? 04:05.320 --> 04:06.840 And who hath brought up these? 04:07.260 --> 04:09.240 Behold, I was left alone. 04:09.600 --> 04:11.280 These, where had they been? 04:12.520 --> 04:17.420 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, 04:17.620 --> 04:19.660 and set up my standard to the people. 04:20.220 --> 04:24.320 And they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried 04:24.320 --> 04:25.300 upon their shoulders. 04:25.880 --> 04:30.300 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. 04:30.820 --> 04:35.140 They shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the 04:35.140 --> 04:36.100 dust of thy feet. 04:36.760 --> 04:41.400 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be ashamed that wait 04:41.400 --> 04:41.840 for me. 04:43.160 --> 04:47.500 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 04:48.560 --> 04:53.580 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, 04:53.940 --> 04:56.080 and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. 04:56.760 --> 05:00.900 For I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy 05:00.900 --> 05:05.140 children, and I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh. 05:05.700 --> 05:09.640 And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine. 05:09.640 --> 05:15.560 And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, 05:16.120 --> 05:17.300 the Mighty One of Jacob.