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Isaiah 49
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BOM: 1 Nephi 21:1-26
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| 49:1
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. |
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| 49:2
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; |
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| 49:3
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified. |
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| 49:4
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. |
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| 49:5
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. |
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| 49:6
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. |
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| 49:7
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. |
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| 49:8
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; |
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| 49:9
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. |
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| 49:10
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. |
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| 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. |
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| 49:12
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from
the west; and these from the land of Sinim. |
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| 49:13
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. |
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| 49:14
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. |
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| 49:15
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. |
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| 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are
continually before me. |
The Divine Cheat Sheet
God engraved the names of his favorite people on the palms of his hands. (As a
permanent tattoo or with temporary ink?)
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| 49:17
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee
waste shall go forth of thee.
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| 49:18
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. |
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| 49:19
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. |
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| 49:20
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. |
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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? |
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| 49:22
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. |
(49:22-23)
BOM: 2 Nephi 6:6-7, 10:9
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| 49:23
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. |
Nursing fathers
"And kings shall be thy nursing fathers."
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| 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? |
(49:24-26)
BOM: 2 Nephi 6:16-18, 10:9
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| 49:25
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. |
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| 49:26
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.
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"I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with
their own blood, as with sweet wine."
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