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He said to me, You are my servant,
    in you, Israel,[a] I show my glory.

Though I thought I had toiled in vain,
    for nothing and for naught spent my strength,
Yet my right is with the Lord,
    my recompense is with my God.(A)
For now the Lord has spoken
    who formed me as his servant from the womb,
That Jacob may be brought back to him
    and Israel gathered to him;
I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
    and my God is now my strength!

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Footnotes

  1. 49:3 Israel: the servant is identified with the people of Israel as their ideal representative; however, vv. 5–6 seem to distinguish the servant from Israel.

He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)
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)

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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Footnotes

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