⁶ “I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,^[a](A)
and I will hold You by Your hand.^(B)
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people^(C)
and a light to the nations,^(D)

⁶ He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,^(A)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”^(B)

⁹ saying to the prisoners: Come out,^(A)
and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.
They will feed along the pathways,
and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.^(B)