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27 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,(A)
    my God, the Rock of my salvation!’

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The scepter of your might:
    the Lord extends your strong scepter from Zion.
    Have dominion over your enemies!
Yours is princely power from the day of your birth.
    In holy splendor before the daystar,
    like dew I begot you.(A)

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B. Expiation of Sin, Spiritual Liberation of Israel

Chapter 49

The Servant of the Lord[a]

Hear me, coastlands,
    listen, distant peoples.(A)
Before birth the Lord called me,
    from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:1–7 The second of the four “servant of the Lord” oracles (cf. note on 42:1–4).
  2. 49:1 Gave me my name: designated me for a special task or mission (cf. Jer 1:5).