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Isaiah 49:3-5
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3 He told me, “Israel, you are my servant.
    I will show my glory ·through [in] you.”
4 But I said, “I have worked hard ·for nothing [in vain];
    I have used all my power, ·but I did nothing useful [for nothing; in futility].
But ·the Lord will decide what my work is worth [L my judgment/vindication is the Lord’s];
    God will decide my reward.”
5 The Lord made me in the ·body [womb] of my mother
    to be his servant,
to lead ·the people of Jacob [L Jacob] back to him
    so that Israel might be gathered to him.
·The Lord will honor me [L I am honored in the eyes of the Lord],
    and ·I will get my strength from my God [L God will be my strength].

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Isaiah 49:3-5
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3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)”
4 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)

5 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)—

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