Isaias

16 Draw near unto me, hear ye this; not from the beginning have I spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I and now the Lord God, and his spirit, hath sent me.

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit. which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest walk.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! and ’ thy peace had been as the river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the seal

19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed before me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldaeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, make this heard, send it forth to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21. And they thirsted not in the deserts (where) he made them go; he caused the waters to flow out Of the rock for them; and he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.

22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked.

XLIX. 1 Hearken, ye isles, to me, and listen, ye peoples, from afar; the Lord hath called me from the. womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

2 And he made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; and set me for a polished arrow; in his quiver be concealed me,

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,