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*** The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me.
“You are my servant,” he said to me, “Israel, through whom I show my glory.” Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly spent my strength, yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength…
“Can a woman forget her infant, or be without tenderness for the son of her womb? Even if these may forget, I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me… Lift up your eyes and look around; all of them gather together, they come to you. As I live,” declares the LORD, “you will surely put on all of them as jewels…”
“The children whom you have lost shall yet say to you, ‘This place is too small for me, make room for me to live in.’ Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; from where did these come?’” Thus says the Lord God… “They shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.”…
“Then you shall know that I am the LORD. Those who hope in me shall never be put to shame.” *
(Portions taken from Isaiah 49:1-23)
** May God bless you.
“You are my servant,” he said to me, “Israel, through whom I show my glory.” Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly spent my strength, yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength…
“Can a woman forget her infant, or be without tenderness for the son of her womb? Even if these may forget, I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me… Lift up your eyes and look around; all of them gather together, they come to you. As I live,” declares the LORD, “you will surely put on all of them as jewels…”
“The children whom you have lost shall yet say to you, ‘This place is too small for me, make room for me to live in.’ Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; from where did these come?’” Thus says the Lord God… “They shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.”…
“Then you shall know that I am the LORD. Those who hope in me shall never be put to shame.” *
(Portions taken from Isaiah 49:1-23)
** May God bless you.