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Isaiah 49:5-7 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. And now the Lord says,he who formed me from 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 eyes of the Lord,and my God has become my strength—

6. he says:“It is too light a thing that you should be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacoband to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations,that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

7. Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise;princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;because of the Lord, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”