Isaiah 49:6–12

⁶He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant,

to raise up the tribes of Jacob,

and to restore the protected ones of Israel.

I will also make You a light for the nations,

to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”^b

⁷Thus says the LORD,

the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel,

to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,

to the Servant of rulers:

“Kings will see You and rise,

and princes will bow down,

because of the LORD, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

⁸This is what the LORD says:

“In the time of favor I will answer You,

and in the day of salvation I will help You;^c

I will keep You and appoint You

to be a covenant for the people,

to restore the land,

to apportion its desolate inheritances,

⁹to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’

They will feed along the pathways,

and find pasture on every barren hill.

¹⁰They will not hunger or thirst,

nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them.^d

For He who has compassion on them will guide them

and lead them beside springs of water.

¹¹I will turn all My mountains into roads,

and My highways will be raised up.

¹²Behold, they will come from far away,

from the north and from the west,^e

and from the land of Aswan.^f”