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Isaiah Chapter 49

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God declares that He will not abandon His people, that He will be their God and Redeemer, and that He will bring them back to safety. He also promises that He will be their King and that He will be their God, showing His covenant love.

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(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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Isaiah 41:1Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 42:2Isaiah 42:3Isaiah 42:4Isaiah 42:12Isaiah 45:22Isaiah 51:5Isaiah 60:9Isaiah 66:19Zephaniah 2:11Isaiah 55:3

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Luke 12:53Jeremiah 20:17

(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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Isaiah 11:4Psalms 45:2Psalms 45:3Psalms 45:4Psalms 45:5Hosea 6:5Hebrews 4:12Revelation 1:16Revelation 2:12Revelation 19:15Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 51:16

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II Kings 7:8Jeremiah 16:17II Corinthians 4:3

(3) And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 43:21Isaiah 44:23Isaiah 52:13Isaiah 53:10Zechariah 3:8Matthew 17:5Luke 2:10Luke 2:11Luke 2:12Luke 2:13Luke 2:14

(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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Isaiah 65:2Ezekiel 3:19Matthew 17:17Matthew 23:37John 1:11Romans 10:21Galatians 4:11Leviticus 26:20II Corinthians 12:15Isaiah 53:10Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:12

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Psalms 39:6Philippians 2:16Leviticus 26:20Exodus 20:7Deuteronomy 5:11I Samuel 12:21

(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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Isaiah 56:8Matthew 15:24Acts 10:36Romans 15:8Matthew 21:37Matthew 21:38Matthew 21:39Matthew 21:40Matthew 21:41Matthew 23:37Luke 19:42I Thessalonians 2:15

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Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32Jeremiah 51:53Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(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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II Kings 3:18II Kings 20:10Isaiah 42:6Isaiah 60:3Luke 2:32John 1:4John 1:5John 1:6John 1:7John 1:8John 1:9Acts 13:47

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Acts 13:47Genesis 1:3

(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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Isaiah 48:7Revelation 3:7Isaiah 53:3Psalms 22:6Psalms 22:7Psalms 22:8Psalms 69:7Psalms 69:8Psalms 69:9Psalms 69:19Zechariah 11:8Matthew 26:67

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Jeremiah 5:15Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:25Luke 10:16Psalms 68:27Deuteronomy 17:8

(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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Psalms 69:13John 11:41John 11:42II Corinthians 6:2Ephesians 1:6Hebrews 5:7Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 50:7Isaiah 50:8Isaiah 50:9Acts 2:24Acts 2:25

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Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:19Ezekiel 16:60Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Daniel 9:27

(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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Isaiah 42:7Isaiah 61:1Psalms 69:33Psalms 102:20Psalms 107:10Psalms 107:11Psalms 107:12Psalms 107:13Psalms 107:14Psalms 107:15Psalms 107:16Psalms 146:7

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Deuteronomy 30:20Job 10:22Isaiah 45:3Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Revelation 3:18

(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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Matthew 5:6John 6:35Revelation 7:16Revelation 7:17Isaiah 4:6Isaiah 25:4Isaiah 32:2Psalms 121:5Psalms 121:6Isaiah 54:10Psalms 23:2Psalms 23:3

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Revelation 7:16James 2:13Joshua 15:19Judges 1:15

(11) And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
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Isaiah 11:16Isaiah 35:8Isaiah 35:9Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 40:3Isaiah 40:4Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 57:14Isaiah 62:10Psalms 107:4Psalms 107:7Luke 3:4

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Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1

(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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Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 11:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 43:5Isaiah 43:6Isaiah 60:9Isaiah 60:10Isaiah 60:11Isaiah 60:12Isaiah 60:13Isaiah 60:14

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Psalms 103:12Acts 27:12

(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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Isaiah 42:10Isaiah 42:11Isaiah 44:23Isaiah 52:9Isaiah 55:12Psalms 96:11Psalms 96:12Psalms 96:13Psalms 98:4Psalms 98:5Psalms 98:6Psalms 98:7

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Isaiah 44:23Psalms 47:6Psalms 68:4Psalms 148:4Joshua 11:21Isaiah 55:12

(14) But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
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Isaiah 40:27Psalms 22:1Psalms 31:22Psalms 77:6Psalms 77:7Psalms 77:8Psalms 77:9Psalms 89:38Psalms 89:39Psalms 89:40Psalms 89:41Psalms 89:42

(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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I Kings 3:26I Kings 3:27Psalms 103:13Malachi 3:17Matthew 7:11Leviticus 26:29Deuteronomy 28:56Deuteronomy 28:57II Kings 6:28II Kings 6:29II Kings 11:1II Kings 11:2

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Psalms 137:5I Samuel 1:11II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Job 24:20II Kings 4:34

(16) Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
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Exodus 13:9Song of Solomon 8:6Jeremiah 22:24Haggai 2:23Isaiah 26:1Isaiah 54:12Isaiah 60:18Revelation 21:10Revelation 21:11Revelation 21:12Revelation 21:13Revelation 21:14

(17) Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
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Isaiah 51:18Isaiah 51:19Isaiah 51:20Isaiah 62:5Ezra 1:5Nehemiah 2:4Nehemiah 2:5Nehemiah 2:6Nehemiah 2:7Nehemiah 2:8Nehemiah 2:9Nehemiah 2:17

(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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Isaiah 60:4Genesis 13:14Matthew 13:41Matthew 13:42Revelation 22:15Isaiah 49:12Isaiah 49:22Isaiah 43:5Isaiah 43:6Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 54:2Isaiah 54:3

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Psalms 39:6Isaiah 54:15Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 18:13Micah 2:12Ezekiel 18:24

(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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Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 54:2Jeremiah 30:18Jeremiah 30:19Jeremiah 33:10Jeremiah 33:11Ezekiel 36:9Ezekiel 36:10Ezekiel 36:11Ezekiel 36:12

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Ezekiel 6:6Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Ezekiel 29:12Deuteronomy 14:24

(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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Isaiah 60:4Hosea 1:10Matthew 3:9Galatians 4:26Galatians 4:27Galatians 4:28Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 54:2Joshua 17:14Joshua 17:15Joshua 17:16

(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?
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Jeremiah 31:15Jeremiah 31:16Jeremiah 31:17Romans 11:11Romans 11:12Romans 11:13Romans 11:14Romans 11:15Romans 11:16Romans 11:17Romans 11:24Galatians 3:29

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Zechariah 6:7Jeremiah 12:11Ezekiel 29:12

(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.
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Isaiah 49:12Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 11:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 42:2Isaiah 42:3Isaiah 42:4Isaiah 60:3Isaiah 60:4Isaiah 60:5

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Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Jeremiah 41:10Ezekiel 16:55Esther 2:6

(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.
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Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 52:15Isaiah 60:3Isaiah 60:10Isaiah 60:11Isaiah 60:16Isaiah 62:2Ezra 1:2Ezra 1:3Ezra 1:4Ezra 6:7Ezra 6:8

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Zechariah 14:4I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Psalms 72:9

(24) Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
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Ezekiel 37:3Ezekiel 37:11Isaiah 42:22Isaiah 53:12Psalms 124:6Psalms 124:7Psalms 126:1Psalms 126:2Psalms 126:3Matthew 12:29Luke 11:21Luke 11:22

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Isaiah 49:25Judges 5:30

(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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Isaiah 10:27Isaiah 52:2Isaiah 52:3Isaiah 52:4Isaiah 52:5Jeremiah 29:10Jeremiah 50:17Jeremiah 50:18Jeremiah 50:19Jeremiah 50:33Jeremiah 50:34Zechariah 9:11

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II Kings 24:14Isaiah 49:24I Kings 3:18II Chronicles 28:5Judges 5:30

(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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Isaiah 9:20Judges 7:22Revelation 14:20Revelation 16:6Revelation 17:6Isaiah 41:14Isaiah 41:15Isaiah 41:16Isaiah 41:17Isaiah 41:18Isaiah 41:19Isaiah 41:20

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Mark 2:22Isaiah 60:16Micah 6:15Jeremiah 51:7Matthew 9:17

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