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Thus says the Lord,
    the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
To the one despised, abhorred by the nations,
    the slave of rulers:
When kings see you, they shall stand up,
    and princes shall bow down
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.(A)

The Liberation and Restoration of Zion

    Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor I answer you,[a]
    on the day of salvation I help you;
I form you and set you
    as a covenant for the people,
To restore the land
    and allot the devastated heritages,(B)
To say to the prisoners: Come out!
    To those in darkness: Show yourselves!
Along the roadways they shall find pasture,
    on every barren height shall their pastures be.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:8 You: the individual is not named; perhaps Cyrus or the prophet.

This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”

Restoration of Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor(G) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;(H)
I will keep(I) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,(J)
to restore the land(K)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(L)
to say to the captives,(M) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(N) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(O)

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