Isaiah 49:1-7 (New King James Version)

1 "Listen, o coastlands, to Me, and take heed, You peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; from the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; His in quiver He has hidden Me."

3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, o Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and in vain; yet surely My just reward is with the LORD, and My work with My God.'"

5 "And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel is gathered to Him^[a] (for I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and My God shall be My strength),

6 indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, Their Holy One, to Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation abhors, to the Servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel; and He has chosen You."