6. He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.I will make you a light to the Gentiles,and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
7. The lord, the Redeemerand Holy One of Israel,says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,to the one who is the servant of rulers:“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.Princes will also bow lowbecause of the lord, the faithful one,the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8. This is what the lord says:“At just the right time, I will respond to you.On the day of salvation I will help you.I will protect you and give you to the peopleas my covenant with them.Through you I will reestablish the land of Israeland assign it to its own people again.
9. I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’They will be my sheep, grazing in green pasturesand on hills that were previously bare.