Isaiah 49

1 Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

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

2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

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

3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

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

4 But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”

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

5 Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

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

6 Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

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

7 Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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

8 Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

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

9 saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

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

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

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

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

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

12 Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

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

13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

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

14 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

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

15 “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!

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

16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

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

17 Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

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

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

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

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

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

20 The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’

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

21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”

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.)

22 The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

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

23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”

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

24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

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

25 But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

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

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

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