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The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners—Israel will be gathered with power in the last days—Kings will be their nursing fathers—Compare Isaiah 49. About 588-570 B.C.
a
And
again:
Hearken,
O
ye
house
of
Israel,
all
ye
that
are
broken
off
and
are
driven
out
because
of
the
wickedness
of
the
pastors
of
my
people;
yea,
all
ye
that
are
broken
off,
that
are
scattered
abroad,
who
are
of
my
people,
O
house
of
Israel.
Listen,
O
b
isles,
unto
me,
and
hearken
ye
people
from
c
far;
the
Lord
hath
called
me
from
the
womb;
from
the
bowels
of
my
mother
hath
he
made
mention
of
my
name.
2 And
he
hath
made
my
mouth
like
a
sharp
sword;
in
the
shadow
of
his
hand
hath
he
hid
me,
and
made
me
a
polished
shaft;
in
his
quiver
hath
he
hid
me;
3 And
said
unto
me:
Thou
art
my
a
servant,
O
Israel,
in
whom
I
will
be
glorified.
4 Then
I
said,
I
have
labored
in
a
vain,
I
have
spent
my
strength
for
naught
and
in
vain;
surely
my
judgment
is
with
the
Lord,
and
my
work
with
my
God.
5 And
now,
saith
the
Lord—that
a
formed
me
from
the
womb
that
I
should
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
b
strength.
6 And
he
said:
It
is
a
light
thing
that
thou
shouldst
be
my
servant
to
raise
up
the
a
tribes
of
Jacob,
and
to
restore
the
preserved
of
Israel.
I
will
also
give
thee
for
a
b
light
to
the
c
Gentiles,
that
thou
mayest
be
my
salvation
unto
the
ends
of
the
earth.
7 Thus
saith
the
Lord,
the
Redeemer
of
Israel,
his
Holy
One,
to
him
whom
man
despiseth,
to
him
whom
the
nations
abhorreth,
to
servant
of
rulers:
Kings
shall
see
and
arise,
princes
also
shall
worship,
because
of
the
Lord
that
is
faithful.
8 Thus
saith
the
Lord:
In
an
acceptable
time
have
I
heard
thee,
O
isles
of
the
sea,
and
in
a
day
of
salvation
have
I
helped
thee;
and
I
will
preserve
thee,
and
give
thee
a
my
servant
for
a
covenant
of
the
people,
to
establish
the
earth,
to
cause
to
inherit
the
desolate
heritages;
9 That
thou
mayest
say
to
the
a
prisoners:
Go
forth;
to
them
that
sit
in
b
darkness:
Show
yourselves.
They
shall
feed
in
the
ways,
and
their
c
pastures
shall
be
in
all
high
places.
10 They
shall
not
hunger
nor
thirst,
neither
shall
the
heat
nor
the
sun
smite
them;
for
he
that
hath
mercy
on
them
shall
lead
them,
even
by
the
springs
of
water
shall
he
guide
them.
11 And
I
will
make
all
my
mountains
a
way,
and
my
a
highways
shall
be
exalted.
12 And
then,
O
house
of
Israel,
behold,
a
these
shall
come
from
far;
and
lo,
these
from
the
north
and
from
the
west;
and
these
from
the
land
of
Sinim.
13
a
Sing,
O
heavens;
and
be
joyful,
O
earth;
for
the
feet
of
those
who
are
in
the
east
shall
be
established;
and
b
break
forth
into
singing,
O
mountains;
for
they
shall
be
smitten
no
more;
for
the
Lord
hath
comforted
his
people,
and
will
have
mercy
upon
his
c
afflicted.
14 But,
behold,
Zion
hath
said:
The
Lord
hath
forsaken
me,
and
my
Lord
hath
forgotten
me—but
he
will
show
that
he
hath
not.
15 For
can
a
a
woman
forget
her
sucking
child,
that
she
should
not
have
b
compassion
on
the
son
of
her
womb?
Yea,
they
may
c
forget,
yet
will
I
not
forget
thee,
O
house
of
Israel.
16 Behold,
I
have
graven
thee
upon
the
a
palms
of
my
hands;
thy
walls
are
continually
before
me.
17 Thy
children
shall
make
haste
against
thy
destroyers;
and
they
that
made
thee
a
waste
shall
go
forth
of
thee.
18 Lift
up
thine
eyes
round
about
and
behold;
all
these
a
gather
themselves
together,
and
they
shall
come
to
thee.
And
as
I
live,
saith
the
Lord,
thou
shalt
surely
clothe
thee
with
them
all,
as
with
an
ornament,
and
bind
them
on
even
as
a
bride.
19 For
thy
waste
and
thy
desolate
places,
and
the
land
of
thy
destruction,
shall
even
now
be
too
narrow
by
reason
of
the
inhabitants;
and
they
that
swallowed
thee
up
shall
be
far
away.
20 The
children
whom
thou
shalt
have,
after
thou
hast
lost
the
first,
shall
a
again
in
thine
ears
say:
The
place
is
too
strait
for
me;
give
place
to
me
that
I
may
dwell.
21 Then
shalt
thou
say
in
thine
heart:
Who
hath
begotten
me
these,
seeing
I
have
lost
my
children,
and
am
a
desolate,
a
captive,
and
removing
to
and
fro?
And
who
hath
brought
up
these?
Behold,
I
was
left
alone;
these,
where
have
they
been?
22 Thus
saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
lift
up
mine
hand
to
the
a
Gentiles,
and
set
up
my
b
standard
to
the
people;
and
they
shall
bring
thy
sons
in
their
c
arms,
and
thy
daughters
shall
be
carried
upon
their
shoulders.
23 And
a
kings
shall
be
thy
b
nursing
fathers,
and
their
queens
thy
nursing
mothers;
they
shall
bow
down
to
thee
with
their
face
towards
the
earth,
and
lick
up
the
dust
of
thy
feet;
and
thou
shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord;
for
they
shall
not
be
ashamed
that
c
wait
for
me.
24 For
shall
the
prey
be
taken
from
the
mighty,
or
the
a
lawful
captives
delivered?
25 But
thus
saith
the
Lord,
even
the
captives
of
the
mighty
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the
prey
of
the
terrible
shall
be
delivered;
for
I
will
contend
with
him
that
contendeth
with
thee,
and
I
will
save
thy
children.
26 And
I
will
a
feed
them
that
oppress
thee
with
their
own
flesh;
they
shall
be
drunken
with
their
own
blood
as
with
sweet
wine;
and
all
flesh
shall
b
know
that
I,
the
Lord,
am
thy
c
Savior
and
thy
Redeemer,
the
d
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.
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