3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.

4 And I said, I have laboured in vain, for waste and vanity have I consumed my strength; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.

5 And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb for a servant to him, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be not swept away—and I shall be honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my—

6 And he said, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; and I will give thee for a light of the nations, that my salvation may be to the end of the earth.

7 Thus saith the Lord, the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the despised of soul, to the abhorred of a nation, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall bow themselves; for the sake of the LORD, that is faithful; the Holy One of Israel, and he hath chosen thee.

8 Thus saith the Lord, In a time of favour 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 allot the desolate allotments,