4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;yet surely my right is with the Lord,and my recompense with my God.”
5 And now the Lord says,he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him;and that Israel might be gathered to him—for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,and my God has become my strength—
6 he says:“It is too light a thing that you should be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacoband to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations,that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise;princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;because of the Lord, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you;in a day of salvation I have helped you;I will keep you and give youas a covenant to the people,to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,
9 saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’ They shall feed along the ways;on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 they shall not hunger or thirst,neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,for he who has pity on them will lead them,and by springs of water will guide them.