English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 49, verse 32 in Ncv Version

Isaiah 49 : 1 (NCV)

All of you people in faraway places, listen to me. Listen, all you nations far away. Before I was born, the Lord called me to serve him. The Lord named me while I was still in my mother's body.

Isaiah 49 : 2 (NCV)

He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharp arrow. He hid me in the holder for his arrows.

Isaiah 49 : 3 (NCV)

He told me, "Israel, you are my servant. I will show my glory through you."

Isaiah 49 : 4 (NCV)

But I said, "I have worked hard for nothing; I have used all my power, but I did nothing useful. But the Lord will decide what my work is worth; God will decide my reward."

Isaiah 49 : 5 (NCV)

The Lord made me in the body of my mother to be his servant, to lead the people of Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him. The Lord will honor me, and I will get my strength from my God.

Isaiah 49 : 6 (NCV)

Now he told me, "You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved."

Isaiah 49 : 7 (NCV)

The Lord who saves you is the Holy One of Israel. He speaks to the one who is hated by the people, to the servant of rulers. This is what he says: "Kings will see you and stand to honor you; great leaders will bow down before you, because the Lord can be trusted. He is the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

Isaiah 49 : 8 (NCV)

This is what the Lord says: "At the right time I will hear your prayers. On the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you, and you will be the sign of my agreement with the people. You will bring back the people to the land and give the land that is now ruined back to its owners.

Isaiah 49 : 9 (NCV)

You will tell the prisoners, 'Come out of your prison.' You will tell those in darkness, 'Come into the light.' The people will eat beside the roads, and they will find food even on bare hills.

Isaiah 49 : 10 (NCV)

They will not be hungry or thirsty. Neither the hot sun nor the desert wind will hurt them. and guide them by springs of water.

Isaiah 49 : 11 (NCV)

I will make my mountains into roads, and the roads will be raised up.

Isaiah 49 : 12 (NCV)

Look, people are coming to me from far away, from the north and from the west, from Aswan in southern Egypt."

Isaiah 49 : 13 (NCV)

Heavens and earth, be happy. Mountains, shout with joy, because the Lord comforts his people and will have pity on those who suffer.

Isaiah 49 : 14 (NCV)

But Jerusalem said, "The Lord has left me; the Lord has forgotten me."

Isaiah 49 : 15 (NCV)

The Lord answers, "Can a woman forget the baby she nurses? Can she feel no kindness for the child to which she gave birth? Even if she could forget her children, I will not forget you.

Isaiah 49 : 16 (NCV)

See, I have written your name on my hand. Jerusalem, I always think about your walls.

Isaiah 49 : 17 (NCV)

Your children will soon return to you, and the people who defeated you and destroyed you will leave.

Isaiah 49 : 18 (NCV)

Look up and look around you. All your children are gathering to return to you." The Lord says, "As surely as I live, your children will be like jewels that a bride wears proudly.

Isaiah 49 : 19 (NCV)

"You were destroyed and defeated, and your land was made useless. But now you will have more people than the land can hold, and those people who destroyed you will be far away.

Isaiah 49 : 20 (NCV)

Children were born to you while you were sad, but they will say to you, 'This place is too small for us. Give us a bigger place to live.'

Isaiah 49 : 21 (NCV)

Then you will say to yourself, 'Who gave me all these children? I was sad and lonely, defeated and separated from my people. So who reared these children? I was left all alone. Where did all these children come from?'"

Isaiah 49 : 22 (NCV)

This is what the Lord God says: "See, I will lift my hand to signal the nations; I will raise my banner for all the people to see. Then they will bring your sons back to you in their arms, and they will carry your daughters on their shoulders.

Isaiah 49 : 23 (NCV)

Kings will teach your children, and daughters of kings will take care of them. They will bow down before you and kiss the dirt at your feet. Then you will know I am the Lord. Anyone who trusts in me will not be disappointed."

Isaiah 49 : 24 (NCV)

Can the wealth a soldier wins in war be taken away from him? Can a prisoner be freed from a powerful soldier?

Isaiah 49 : 25 (NCV)

This is what the Lord says: "The prisoners will be taken from the strong soldiers. What the soldiers have taken will be saved. I will fight your enemies, and I will save your children.

Isaiah 49 : 26 (NCV)

I will force those who trouble you to eat their own flesh. Their own blood will be the wine that makes them drunk. Then everyone will know I, the Lord, am the One who saves you; I am the Powerful One of Jacob who saves you."