Isaiah 49:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³ He said to me,
“You are my servant Israel.
I will display my glory through you.”
⁴ But I said,
“I have worked hard for nothing.
I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything.
Yet, certainly my case is in the Lord’s hands,
and my reward is with my God.”

⁵ The Lord formed me in the womb to be his servant
in order to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to him.
(The Lord honors me,
and my God has become my strength.)