“But you, Israel, (A)My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of (B)Abraham My (C)friend,

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“But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,(B)
    you descendants of Abraham(C) my friend,(D)

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10 “You are (A)My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And (B)My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that (C)I am He.
(D)Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.

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10 “You are my witnesses,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.(E)

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He said to Me, “(A)You are My Servant, Israel,
(B)In whom I will show My glory.”
But I said, “I have (C)labored in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and futility;
Nevertheless, the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My (D)reward is with My God.”

And now says (E)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that (F)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am (G)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My (H)strength),
He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (I)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (J)light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the (K)end of the earth.”

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  1. Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
  2. Isaiah 49:6 Or to
  3. Isaiah 49:6 Lit be

He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)
But I said, “I have labored in vain;(C)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(D)
    and my reward(E) is with my God.”(F)

And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(G) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(H) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(I) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(J)
he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(K)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(L)
I will also make you a light(M) for the Gentiles,(N)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(O)

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  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My (A)Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and [a]greatly (B)exalted.

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  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or very high

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

13 See, my servant(A) will act wisely[a];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.(B)

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  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper

11 As a result of the [a]anguish of His soul,
He will [b](A)see it and be satisfied;
By His (B)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
For He will (C)bear their wrongdoings.

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  1. Isaiah 53:11 Or trouble
  2. Isaiah 53:11 DSS see light; LXX also has light

11 After he has suffered,(A)
    he will see the light(B) of life[a] and be satisfied[b];
by his knowledge[c] my righteous servant(C) will justify(D) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
  2. Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
  3. Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him

18 (A)Behold, My [a]Servant whom I [b]have chosen;
(B)My Beloved in whom My soul [c]delights;
(C)I will put My Spirit upon Him,
(D)And He will proclaim [d]justice to the [e]Gentiles.
19 (E)He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20 (F)A bent reed He will not break off,
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish,
Until He [f]leads [g]justice to victory.
21 (G)And in His name the [h]Gentiles will hope.”

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  1. Matthew 12:18 Lit Child
  2. Matthew 12:18 Lit chose
  3. Matthew 12:18 Or took pleasure
  4. Matthew 12:18 Or judgment
  5. Matthew 12:18 Or nations
  6. Matthew 12:20 Or brings forth
  7. Matthew 12:20 Or judgment
  8. Matthew 12:21 Or nations

18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;(A)
I will put my Spirit on him,(B)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19 He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
21     In his name the nations will put their hope.”[a](C)

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  1. Matthew 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

but [a](A)emptied Himself by taking the form of a (B)bond-servant and [b](C)being born in the likeness of men.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 I.e., set aside His divine rights
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or having come to be

rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form