6. He says,“It is not enough for you to be My Servantraising up the tribes of Jacoband restoring the protected ones of Israel.I will also make you a light for the nations, to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
7. This is what the Lord,the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, saysto one who is despised,to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and stand up,and princes will bow down,because of the Lord, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel — and He has chosen you.”
8. This is what the Lord says:I will answer you in a time of favor,and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the people, to restore the land,to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
9. saying to the prisoners: Come out, and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.They will feed along the pathways,and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.
10. They will not hunger or thirst,the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;for their compassionate One will guide them,and lead them to springs of water.
11. I will make all My mountains into a road,and My highways will be raised up.
12. See, these will come from far away,from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.
13. Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice!Mountains break into joyful shouts!For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
14. Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;The Lord has forgotten me! ”
15. “Can a woman forget her nursing child,or lack compassion for the child of her womb?Even if these forget,yet I will not forget you.