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, 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;

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 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;

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

And He said unto me: 'Thou art 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 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.'

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 *Q(K)*) to gather and to honor: honour in/on/with eye LORD and God my to be strength my

And 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 —

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 *Q(K)*) 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

Yea, 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.'

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 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.

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 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;

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 the prisoners: 'Go forth'; to them that are in darkness: 'Show yourselves'; they shall feed in the ways, and in all high hills 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 smite them; for He that hath compassion on them will lead them, even by the springs of water will He guide them.

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

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.

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

Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.

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

Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the LORD hath comforted His people, and hath compassion upon His afflicted.

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

But Zion said: 'The LORD hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath 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 sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

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

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.

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

Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

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 thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself 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 thy waste and thy desolate places and thy land that hath been destroyed — surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee 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 thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait 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 shalt thou say in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, 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 saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and set up Mine ensign to the peoples, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon 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

And kings shall be thy foster-fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD, for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.

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 the victorious 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 saith the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy 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

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.