Isaiah 49:1

Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; + 7:14 Mat. 1. 23. behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel.

Isaiah 41:1Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

Isaiah 42:12They shall give glory to God, and shall proclaim his praises in the islands.

Isaiah 44:24Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.

Isaiah 46:3Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne by me from the womb, and taught by me from infancy, even to old age:

Isaiah 51:5My righteousness speedily draws nigh, and my salvation shall go forth + 51:5 Not in Heb. or Alex.as light, and on mine arm shall the Gentiles trust: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:1

Glorious things had been spoken in the previous chapters concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon; but lest any should think, when it was accomplished, that it looked much greater and brighter in the prophecy than in the performance, and that the return of about 40,000 Jews in a poor condition out of Babylon to Jerusalem was not an event sufficiently answering to the height and grandeur of the expressions used in the prophecy, he here comes to show that the prophecy had a further intention, and was to… Read the whole commentary →

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