1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.[ † ]Isaiah 41:1Jeremiah 1:5Matthew 1:20Luke 1:35John 1:14John 10:36 2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;[ † ]Isaiah 11:4Hosea 6:5Hebrews 4:12Revelation 1:16Revelation 2:12Isaiah 51:16Psalms 45:5 3and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.[ † ]Isaiah 41:8Isaiah 42:1Zechariah 3:8Isaiah 44:23Matthew 12:18John 13:31-32John 14:13John 15:8John 17:4Ephesians 1:6 4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord , and my work with my God.[ † ]Ezekiel 3:19
5And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord , and my God shall be my strength.[ † ]Matthew 23:37Romans 11:25-29 6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.[ † ]Isaiah 42:6Isaiah 51:4Luke 2:32Acts 13:47Galatians 3:14
7Thus saith the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.[ † ]Psalms 22:6Isaiah 53:3Matthew 26:67Matthew 27:41Mark 15:29Luke 23:35Isaiah 52:15
8Thus saith the Lord , In an acceptable time have I heard 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 establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;[ † ]Psalms 69:132 Corinthians 6:2Isaiah 42:6 9that thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.[ † ]Isaiah 61:1Zechariah 9:12Luke 4:18 10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.[ † ]Isaiah 33:16Isaiah 48:21Revelation 7:16Psalms 121:6Psalms 23:2Isaiah 40:11Isaiah 48:17 11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.[ † ]Isaiah 40:4 12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.[ † ]Isaiah 43:5-6 13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.[ † ]Isaiah 44:23
14But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.[ † ]Isaiah 40:27 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.[ † ]Psalms 103:13Malachi 3:17Romans 11:29 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.[ † ]Exodus 13:9Song of Solomon 8:6Haggai 2:23 17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 18Lift 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 bind them on thee , as a bride doeth .[ † ]Isaiah 60:4John 4:35Proverbs 17:6 19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.[ † ]Isaiah 54:1-2Zechariah 10:10 20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.[ † ]Isaiah 60:4Matthew 3:9Romans 11:11 21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
22Thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.[ † ]Isaiah 60:4 23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.[ † ]Psalms 72:11Isaiah 52:15Psalms 72:9Micah 7:17Psalms 34:22Romans 5:5
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?[ † ]Matthew 12:29Luke 11:21-22 25But thus saith the Lord , Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26And 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.[ † ]Isaiah 9:20Revelation 14:20Psalms 9:16Isaiah 60:16