Isaiah

The book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 49, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 49 Vulgate

   1 Audite me, insulae, et attendite, populi de longe; Dominus ab utero vocavit me, de ventre matris meae recordatus est nominis mei;
   2 et posuit os meum quasi gladium acutum, in umbra manus suae protexit me et posuit me sicut sagittam electam, in pharetra sua abscondit me
   3 et dixit mihi: "Servus meus es tu, Israel, in quo gloriabor".
   4 Et ego dixi: "In vacuum laboravi, sine causa et vane fortitudinem meam consumpsi; verumtamen iudicium meum cum Domino, et merces mea cum Deo meo".
   5 Et nunc dicit Dominus, qui formavit me ex utero servum sibi, ut reducerem Iacob ad eum, et Israel ei congregaretur; et glorificatus sum in oculis Domini, et Deus meus factus est fortitudo mea.
   6 Et dixit: "Parum est ut sis mihi servus ad suscitandas tribus Iacob et reliquias Israel reducendas: dabo te in lucem gentium, ut sit salus mea usque ad extremum terrae".
   7 Haec dicit Dominus, redemptor Israel, Sanctus eius, ad contemptum in anima, ad abominatum in gente, ad servum dominorum: "Reges videbunt et consurgent, principes quoque et adorabunt, propter Dominum, quia fidelis est, Sanctum Israel, qui elegit te".
   8 Haec dicit Dominus: "In tempore beneplaciti exaudivi te et in die salutis auxiliatus sum tui; et servavi te et dedi te in foedus populi, ut suscitares terram et distribueres hereditates dissipatas;
   9 ut diceres his, qui vincti sunt: "Exite", et his, qui in tenebris: "Revelamini". Super vias pascentur, et in omnibus collibus decalvatis pascua eorum;
   10 non esurient neque sitient, et non percutiet eos aestus vel sol, quia miserator eorum reget eos et ad fontes aquarum adducet eos.
   11 Et ponam omnes montes meos in viam, et semitae meae exaltabuntur.
   12 Ecce isti de longe venient, et ecce illi ab aquilone et mari, et isti de terra Sinim".
   13 Laudate, caeli, et exsulta, terra; iubilate, montes, laudem, quia consolatur Dominus populum suum et pauperum suorum miseretur.
   14 Et dixit Sion: "Dereliquit me Dominus, et Dominus oblitus est mei".
   15 Numquid oblivisci potest mulier infantem suum, ut non misereatur filio uteri sui? Et si illa oblita fuerit, ego tamen non obliviscar tui.
   16 Ecce in manibus meis descripsi te; muri tui coram me semper.
   17 Festinant structores tui; destruentes te et dissipantes a te exibunt.
   18 Leva in circuitu oculos tuos et vide: omnes isti congregati sunt, venerunt tibi." Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, quia omnibus his velut ornamento vestieris et circumdabis tibi eos quasi sponsa".
   19 Quia ruinae tuae et solitudines tuae et terra eversa: nunc angusta eris prae habitatoribus; et longe erunt, qui devorabant te.
   20 Adhuc dicent in auribus tuis filii orbitatis tuae: "Angustus est mihi locus; fac spatium mihi, ut habitem".
   21 Et dices in corde tuo: "Quis genuit mihi istos? Ego orbata et non pariens, transmigrata et captiva; et istos quis enutrivit? Ecce ego relicta eram sola; et isti ubi erant?".
   22 Haec dicit Dominus Deus: "Ecce levabo ad gentes manum meam et ad populos exaltabo signum meum; et afferent filios tuos in ulnis, et filiae tuae super umeros portabuntur.
   23 Et erunt reges nutricii tui, et reginae nutrices tuae; vultu in terram demisso adorabunt te et pulverem pedum tuorum lingent. Et scies quia ego Dominus: non confundentur, qui sperant in me".
   24 Numquid tolletur a forti praeda, aut, quod captum fuerit, a robusto salvari poterit?
   25 Quia haec dicit Dominus: "Equidem et captivus a forti tolletur, et, quod ablatum fuerit a robusto, salvabitur; cum his, qui contendebant tecum, ego contendam et filios tuos ego salvabo.
   26 Et cibabo hostes tuos carnibus suis, et quasi musto sanguine suo inebriabuntur; et sciet omnis caro quia ego Dominus salvator tuus, et redemptor tuus Fortis Iacob".

King James Version

   1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
   2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
   3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
   4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
   5 ¶ And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
   6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
   7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
   8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
   9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
   10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
   11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
   12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
   13 ¶ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
   14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
   15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
   16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
   17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
   18 ¶ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
   19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
   20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
   21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
   22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
   23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
   24 ¶ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
   25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
   26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.