4 Then I said, “I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity,yet surely the justice due to me is with the Lord,and my reward with my God.”
5 Now says the Lord,who formed me from the womb to be His servant,to bring Jacob back to Him,so that Israel might be gathered to Him(yet I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,and my God is my strength),
6 He says,“It is a light thing that you should be My servantto raise up the tribes of Jacoband to restore the preserved ones of Israel;I will also make you a light to the nationsso that My salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord,the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,to the despised one, to the one whom the nation abhors,to the servant of rulers:“Kings shall see and arise,princes also shall worship,because of the Lord who is faithfuland the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
8 Thus says the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard you,and in a day of salvation I have helped you;and I will preserve you, and give youas a covenant of the people,to restore the earth,to make them inherit the desolate heritages,
9 saying to the prisoners, “Go forth,”to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They shall feed along the paths,and their pastures shall be in all desolate heights;
10 they shall not hunger nor thirst,neither shall the heat nor sun strike them;for He who has mercy on them shall lead them,even by the springs of water He shall guide them.