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SEPTEMBER 29

September 29
49:8 acceptable time…day of salvation. The
Messiah is represented as asking for the grace
Isaiah 49:1–50:11
of God to be given to sinners. God gives His
“Listen, O coastlands, to Me, favorable answer in a time of grace (61:1) when
49 And take heed, you peoples salvation’s day comes to the world (Gal. 4:4,5;
from afar! Heb. 4:7). At His appointed time in the future,
The LORD has called Me from the womb; the Lord will, by His Servant, accomplish the
From the matrix of My mother He has final deliverance of Israel. Paul applied these
made mention of My name. words to his ministry of proclaiming the
And He has made My mouth like a
2 gospel of God’s grace to all people (2 Cor. 6:2).
sharp sword; a covenant to the people. When the Lord
In the shadow of His hand He has saves and regathers Israel, they will return to
hidden Me, the land,to which Joshua brought their ances-
And made Me a polished shaft; tors after their exit from Egypt, now restored
In His quiver He has hidden Me.” and glorious (44:26; Josh.13:1–8).
3 “And He said to me,
‘You are My servant, O Israel, “In an acceptable time I have heard You,
In whom I will be glorified.’ And in the day of salvation I have
Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
4 helped You;
I have spent my strength for nothing I will preserve You and give You
and in vain; As a covenant to the people,
Yet surely my just reward is with To restore the earth,
the LORD, To cause them to inherit the desolate
And my work with my God.’ ” heritages;
9 That You may say to the prisoners,
5 “And now the LORD says, ‘Go forth,’
Who formed Me from the womb to be To those who are in darkness, ‘Show
His Servant, yourselves.’
To bring Jacob back to Him,
So that Israel is gathered to Him “They shall feed along the roads,
(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of And their pastures shall be on all
the LORD, desolate heights.
And My God shall be My strength), 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst,
Indeed He says,
6 Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
‘It is too small a thing that You should For He who has mercy on them will
be My Servant lead them,
To raise up the tribes of Jacob, Even by the springs of water He will
And to restore the preserved ones guide them.
of Israel; 11 I will make each of My mountains
I will also give You as a light to the a road,
Gentiles, And My highways shall be elevated.
That You should be My salvation to the 12 Surely these shall come from afar;
ends of the earth.’ ” Look! Those from the north and the
west,
7 Thus says the LORD,
The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy And these from the land of Sinim.”
One, 13 Sing, O heavens!
To Him whom man despises, Be joyful, O earth!
To Him whom the nation abhors, And break out in singing,
To the Servant of rulers: O mountains!
“Kings shall see and arise, For the LORD has comforted His
Princes also shall worship, people,
Because of the LORD who is faithful, And will have mercy on His afflicted.
The Holy One of Israel; 14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken
And He has chosen You.”
me,
8
Thus says the LORD: And my Lord has forgotten me.”
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