American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Listen[H8085], O isles[H339], unto me[H7181]; and hearken, ye peoples[H3816], from far[H7350]: Jehovah[H3068] hath called[H7121] me from the womb[H990]; from the bowels[H4578] of my mother[H517] hath he made mention[H2142] of my name[H8034]:

2. and he hath made[H7760] my mouth[H6310] like a sharp[H2299] sword[H2719]; in the shadow[H6738] of his hand[H3027] hath he hid[H2244] me[H7760]: and he hath made me a polished[H1305] shaft[H2671]; in his quiver[H827] hath he kept me close[H5641]:

3. and he said[H559] unto me[H5650], Thou art my servant; Israel[H3478], in whom I will be glorified[H6286].

4. But I said[H559], I have labored[H3021] in vain[H7385], I have spent[H3615] my strength[H3581] for nought[H8414] and vanity[H1892]; yet surely[H403] the justice[H4941] due to me is with Jehovah[H3068], and my recompense[H6468] with my God[H430].

5. And now saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] that formed[H3335] me from the womb[H990] to be his servant[H5650], to bring[H7725] Jacob[H3290] again[H7725] to him[H3478], and that Israel be gathered[H622] unto him[H3513] (for I am honorable in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], and my God[H430] is become my strength[H5797]);

6. yea[H559], he saith, It is too light a thing[H7043] that thou shouldest be my servant[H5650] to raise up[H6965] the tribes[H7626] of Jacob[H3290], and to restore[H7725] the preserved[H5341] of Israel[H3478]: I will also give[H5414] thee for a light[H216] to the Gentiles[H1471], that thou mayest be my salvation[H3444] unto the end[H7097] of the earth[H776].

7. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the Redeemer[H1350] of Israel[H3478], and his Holy One[H6918], to him whom man[H5315] despiseth[H960], to him whom the nation[H1471] abhorreth[H8581], to a servant[H5650] of rulers[H4910]: Kings[H4428] shall see[H7200] and arise[H6965]; princes[H8269], and they shall worship[H7812]; because of Jehovah[H3068] that is faithful[H539], even the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478], who hath chosen thee[H977].

8. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], In an acceptable[H7522] time[H6256] have I answered[H6030] thee[H3117], and in a day of salvation[H3444] have I helped[H5826] thee[H5341]; and I will preserve thee[H5414], and give thee for a covenant[H1285] of the people[H5971], to raise[H6965] up the land[H776], to make them inherit[H5157] the desolate[H8074] heritages[H5159]:

9. saying[H559] to them that are bound[H631], Go forth[H3318]; to them that are in darkness[H2822], Show[H1540] yourselves[H7462]. They shall feed in the ways[H1870], and on all bare heights[H8205] shall be their pasture[H4830].

10. They shall not hunger[H7456] nor thirst[H6770]; neither shall the heat[H8273] nor sun[H8121] smite[H5221] them[H7355]: for he that hath mercy on them will lead[H5090] them[H4002], even by springs of water[H4325] will he guide them[H5095].

11. And I will make[H7760] all my mountains[H2022] a way[H1870], and my highways[H4546] shall be exalted[H7311].

12. Lo[H935], these shall come from far[H7350]; and[H6828], lo, these from the north and from the west[H3220]; and these from the land[H776] of Sinim[H5515].

13. Sing[H7442], O heavens[H8064]; and be joyful[H1523], O earth[H776]; and break forth[H6476] into singing[H7440], O mountains[H2022]: for Jehovah[H3068] hath comforted[H5162] his people[H5971], and will have compassion[H7355] upon his afflicted[H6041].

14. But Zion[H6726] said[H559], Jehovah[H3068] hath forsaken[H5800] me[H3068], and the Lord hath forgotten me[H7911].

15. Can a woman[H802] forget[H7911] her sucking child[H5764], that she should not have compassion[H7355] on the son[H1121] of her womb[H990]? yea[H7911], these may forget, yet will not I forget thee[H7911].

16. Behold[H2710], I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands[H3709]; thy walls[H2346] are continually before me[H8548].

17. Thy children[H1121] make haste[H4116]; thy destroyers[H2040] and they that made thee waste[H2717] shall go forth from thee[H3318].

18. Lift up[H5375] thine eyes[H5869] round about[H5439], and behold[H7200]: all these gather themselves together[H6908], and come[H935] to thee[H2416]. As I live, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], thou shalt surely clothe[H3847] thee with them all as with an ornament[H5716], and gird[H7194] thyself with them[H3618], like a bride.

19. For[H2723], as for thy waste and thy desolate places[H8074], and thy land[H776] that hath been destroyed[H2035], surely now shalt thou be too strait[H3334] for the inhabitants[H3427], and they that swallowed thee up[H1104] shall be far away[H7368].

20. The children[H1121] of thy bereavement[H7923] shall yet say[H559] in thine ears[H241], The place[H4725] is too strait[H6862] for me[H5066]; give place[H4725] to me that I may dwell[H3427].

21. Then shalt thou say[H559] in thy heart[H3824], Who hath begotten[H3205] me these[H7921], seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary[H1565], an exile[H1540], and wandering to and fro[H5493]? and who hath brought up[H1431] these[H7604]? Behold, I was left alone[H375]; these, where were they?

22. Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], Behold[H5375], I will lift up my hand[H3027] to the nations[H1471], and set up[H7311] my ensign[H5251] to the peoples[H5971]; and they shall bring[H935] thy sons[H1121] in their bosom[H2684], and thy daughters[H1323] shall be carried[H5375] upon their shoulders[H3802].

23. And kings[H4428] shall be thy nursing fathers[H539], and their queens[H8282] thy nursing mothers[H3243]: they shall bow down[H7812] to thee with their faces[H639] to the earth[H776], and lick[H3897] the dust[H6083] of thy feet[H7272]; and thou shalt know[H3045] that I am Jehovah[H3068]; and they that wait[H6960] for me shall not be put to shame[H954].

24. Shall the prey[H4455] be taken[H3947] from the mighty[H1368], or the lawful[H6662] captives[H7628] be delivered[H4422]?

25. But thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Even the captives[H7628] of the mighty[H1368] shall be taken away[H3947], and the prey[H4455] of the terrible[H6184] shall be delivered[H4422]; for I will contend[H7378] with him that contendeth[H3401] with thee[H3467], and I will save thy children[H1121].

26. And I will feed[H398] them that oppress[H3238] thee with their own flesh[H1320]; and they shall be drunken[H7937] with their own blood[H1818], as with sweet wine[H6071]: and all flesh[H1320] shall know[H3045] that I[H3068], Jehovah, am thy Saviour[H3467], and thy Redeemer[H1350], the Mighty One[H46] of Jacob[H3290].