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Listen to me, O coastlands,
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The
while I was in my mother's womb he named me.
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He made my mouth like a sharp sword,
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid me away.
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And he said to me, "You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
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But I said, "I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the
and my reward with my God."
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And now the
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the
and my God has become my strength--
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he says,
"It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
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Thus says the
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
the slave of rulers,
"Kings shall see and stand up,
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves,
because of the
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."