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1 ) Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, all of you people, from far, The LORD has called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name.
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2 ) And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft, in his quiver has he hid me,
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3 ) And said unto me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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4 ) Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
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5 ) And now, says 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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6 ) And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation unto the end of the earth.