Isaiah 49 (NET)

Isaiah 49:1¹Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:5Gal 1:15Isa 44:2Isa 49:5Luke 1:311 Pet 1:20Luke 2:10-11Matt 1:20-21Ps 71:5-6Zeph 2:11

Isaiah 49:2²He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 4:12Rev 1:16Isa 50:4Rev 2:12Isa 11:4Isa 51:16Jer 1:18Ps 91:1Hos 6:5Jer 15:19-20

Isaiah 49:3³He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:11 Pet 2:9Isa 44:23Isa 52:13John 17:1John 17:4Zech 3:8Isa 53:10John 13:31-32Luke 2:10-14

Isaiah 49:4⁴But I thought, “I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 35:4Gal 4:112 Cor 12:152 Cor 2:15Ezek 3:19Isa 40:10Isa 53:10-12Isa 62:11Isa 65:23Matt 17:17

Isaiah 49:5⁵So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant— he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord ’s sight, for my God is my source of strength —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:35Matt 17:51 Pet 3:22Matt 28:18Rom 15:81 Thess 2:15-16Eph 1:20-22Isa 11:12Isa 12:2Isa 43:4

Isaiah 49:6⁶he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:47Isa 42:6Luke 2:32Ps 98:2-3Isa 52:10Isa 60:3Luke 24:46-47Acts 26:18Isa 11:10John 1:4-9

Isaiah 49:7⁷This is what the Lord, the Protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:4Isa 53:3Matt 26:67Isa 48:17Ps 22:6-8Ps 72:10-11Isa 49:23Isa 49:1Matt 20:28Ps 69:7-9

Isaiah 49:8⁸This is what the Lord says: “At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:2Isa 42:6Ps 69:13Heb 12:24Isa 61:4Isa 58:12Eph 2:12-19Heb 5:7Isa 44:26Isa 51:16

Isaiah 49:9⁹You will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons, ‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:16Isa 42:71 Pet 2:9Luke 4:18Isa 61:1Isa 9:2Ps 102:20Ps 69:33Zech 9:11-121 Thess 5:5-6

Isaiah 49:10¹⁰They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 7:16-17Matt 5:6Ezek 34:23Isa 33:16Ps 121:5-6Isa 40:11Jer 31:9John 10:3-4Isa 25:4Isa 32:2

Isaiah 49:11¹¹I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 11:16Isa 35:8-10Isa 62:10Luke 3:4-5Isa 40:3-4Isa 43:19Isa 57:14John 14:6Ps 107:7Ps 107:4

Isaiah 49:12¹²Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:5-6Isa 11:10-11Isa 2:2-3Isa 60:9-14Isa 66:19-20Luke 13:29Matt 8:11Mic 4:2Ps 22:27Ps 72:10-11

Isaiah 49:13¹³Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:23Isa 51:3Ps 96:11-13Isa 40:1-2Isa 52:9Luke 2:13-142 Thess 2:16-17Isa 12:1Isa 42:10-11Isa 55:12

Isaiah 49:14¹⁴“Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:27Rom 11:1-5Jer 23:39Lam 5:20Ps 22:1Ps 31:22Ps 89:38-46Ps 13:1Ps 77:6-9

Isaiah 49:15¹⁵Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:21Ps 103:13Matt 7:11Jer 31:20Hos 11:1Mal 3:17Lam 4:101 Kgs 3:26-272 Kgs 6:28-292 Kgs 11:1-2

Isaiah 49:16¹⁶Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hag 2:23Isa 62:6Isa 60:18Song 8:6Exod 13:9Isa 26:1Isa 54:12Jer 22:24Ps 48:12-13Rev 21:10-21

Isaiah 49:17¹⁷Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:13Isa 62:5Ezek 28:24Isa 51:22-23Ezra 1:5Isa 10:6Isa 49:19Isa 51:18-20Neh 2:4-9Neh 2:17

Isaiah 49:18¹⁸Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:1-3Isa 61:10Isa 66:12-13Isa 54:9Isa 43:5-6Isa 49:12Isa 54:7Isa 66:20Jer 2:32Gal 3:28-29

Isaiah 49:19¹⁹Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 10:10Isa 54:1-2Jer 30:18-19Hos 1:10-11Isa 49:25-26Isa 51:3Ps 56:1-2Ezek 36:3Ezek 36:9-15Isa 49:17

Isaiah 49:20²⁰Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 17:14-162 Kgs 6:1Gal 4:26-28Hos 1:10Isa 51:3Isa 54:1-3Isa 60:4Matt 3:9

Isaiah 49:21²¹Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 3:29Gal 4:26-29Isa 1:8Isa 3:26Isa 5:13Isa 51:17-20Isa 52:2Isa 54:3-8Isa 60:15Isa 62:4

Isaiah 49:22²²This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 14:2Luke 13:29Ps 86:9Isa 11:10-12Isa 2:2-3Isa 42:1-4Isa 49:12Isa 60:3-11Isa 66:20Mal 1:11

Isaiah 49:23²³Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you, and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:14Isa 60:16Isa 60:3Mic 7:17Isa 45:14Isa 60:10-11Rom 10:11Ps 25:3Isa 64:4Isa 49:7

Isaiah 49:24²⁴Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:21-22Ps 124:6-7Matt 12:29Ezek 37:3Isa 42:22Ezra 9:13Ezra 9:9Ps 126:1-3Isa 53:12Ezek 37:11

Isaiah 49:25²⁵Indeed,” says the Lord, “captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:15-17Isa 35:4Isa 41:11-12Jer 50:33-34Isa 54:13Rom 8:31-39Zech 14:12Isa 10:27Gen 12:3Isa 14:2

Isaiah 49:26²⁶I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the Lord, your Deliverer, your Protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:20Isa 41:14-20Isa 9:4Rev 16:6Ezek 39:7Isa 43:3Isa 60:16Ps 9:16Ps 58:10-11Isa 45:6