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Isaiah 49:3-5
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3 He said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel.
    Because of you, I will cause people to know that I am great.’
4 I said, ‘My work has been useless.
    I have worked hard with no results.’
But the Lord will do what is right for me.
    He will give me what I deserve for my work.

5 The Lord chose me to be his servant, even before I was born. He chose me to bring Jacob's descendants back to himself. He chose me to bring Israel's people together to serve him. As a result, the Lord will honour me. He is the one who makes me strong. The Lord, my God, says,

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Isaiah 49:3-5
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3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(C)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(D)
    and my reward(E) is with my God.”(F)

5 And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(G) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(H) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(I) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(J)—

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  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be
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