Isaiah 49:8-10

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“At the ·right time [time of favor] I will ·hear your prayers [answer you].
    On the day of salvation I will help you [2 Cor. 6:2].
I will protect you,
    and ·you will be the sign of my agreement with [^LI will give/establish you as a covenant for] the people [42:6].
·You will bring back the people to the land [^L…to restore/rebuild the land]
    and ·give the land that is now ruined back to its owners [^Lbequeath its desolate inheritances].
⁹ You will tell the prisoners, ‘·Come out [42:7].’
    You will tell those in darkness, ‘·Come into the light [Show yourselves; Appear].’
·The people [^LThey] will ·eat [feed; graze] beside the roads [^Cthe people are symbolically pictured as sheep],
    and they will find ·food [pasture] even on bare hills.
¹⁰ They will not be hungry or thirsty.
    Neither the ·desert wind [^Lheat] nor the hot sun will ·hurt [strike] them.
The God who comforts them will lead them
    and guide them by springs of water.