Isaiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Isaiah 49 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother’s womb he has called my name:
1 OIDME, islas, y escuchad, pueblos lejanos: Jehová me llamó desde el vientre; desde las entrañas de mi madre tuvo mi nombre en memoria.
2 and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hidden me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hidden me in his quiver;
2 Y puso mi boca como espada aguda, cubrióme con la sombra de su mano; y púsome por saeta limpia, guardóme en su aljaba;
3 and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified.
3 Y díjome: Mi siervo eres, oh Israel, que en ti me gloriaré.
4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.
4 Yo empero dije: Por demás he trabajado, en vano y sin provecho he consumido mi fortaleza; mas mi juicio está delante de Jehová, y mi recompensa con mi Dios.
5 And now, thus saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
5 Ahora pues, dice Jehová, el que me formó desde el vientre por su siervo, para que convierta á él á Jacob. Bien que Israel no se juntará, con todo, estimado seré en los ojos de Jehová, y el Dios mío será mi fortaleza.
6 And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
6 Y dijo: Poco es que tú me seas siervo para levantar las tribus de Jacob, y para que restaures los asolamientos de Israel: también te dí por luz de las gentes, para que seas mi salud hasta lo postrero de la tierra.
7 Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord’s sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen thee.
7 Así ha dicho Jehová, Redentor de Israel, el Santo suyo, al menospreciado de alma, al abominado de las gentes, al siervo de los tiranos: Verán reyes, y levantaránse príncipes, y adorarán por Jehová; porque fiel [es] el Santo de Israel, el cual te escogió.
8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
8 Así dijo Jehová: En hora de contentamiento te oí, y en el día de salud te ayudé: y guardarte he, y te daré por alianza del pueblo, para que levantes la tierra, para que heredes asoladas heredades;
9 saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.
9 Para que digas á los presos: Salid; y á los que están en tinieblas: Manifestaos. En los caminos serán apacentados, y en todas las cumbres serán sus pastos.
10 They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.
10 No tendrán hambre ni sed, ni el calor ni el sol los afligirá; porque el que tiene de ellos misericordia los guiará, y los conducirá á manaderos de aguas.
11 And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
11 Y tornaré camino todos mis montes, y mis calzadas serán levantadas.
12 Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.
12 He aquí estos vendrán de lejos; y he aquí estotros del norte y del occidente, y estotros de la tierra de los Sineos.
13 Rejoice, ye heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lord has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.
13 Cantad alabanzas, oh cielos, y alégrate, tierra; y prorrumpid en alabanzas, oh montes: porque Jehová ha consolado su pueblo, y de sus pobres tendrá misericordia.
14 But Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.
14 Mas Sión dijo: Dejóme Jehová, y el Señor se olvidó de mí.
15 Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.
15 ¿Olvidaráse la mujer de lo que parió, para dejar de compadecerse del hijo de su vientre? Aunque se olviden ellas, yo no me olvidaré de ti.
16 Behold, I have painted thy walls on my hands, and thou art continually before me.
16 He aquí que en las palmas te tengo esculpida: delante de mí están siempre tus muros.
17 And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou wert destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.
17 Tus edificadores vendrán aprisa; tus destruidores y tus asoladores saldrán de ti.
18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to thee. [As] I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt clothe thyself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.
18 Alza tus ojos alrededor, y mira: todos estos se han reunido, han venido á ti. Vivo yo, dice Jehová, que de todos, como de vestidura de honra, serás vestida; y de ellos serás ceñida como novia.
19 For thy desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee.
19 Porque tus asolamientos, y tus ruinas, y tu tierra desierta, ahora será angosta por la multitud de los moradores; y tus destruidores serán apartados lejos.
20 For thy sons whom thou hast lost shall say in thine ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.
20 Aun los hijos de tu orfandad dirán á tus oídos: Angosto es para mí este lugar; apártate por amor de mí, para que yo more.
21 And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?
21 Y dirás en tu corazón: ¿Quién me engendró estos? porque yo deshijada estaba y sola, peregrina y desterrada: ¿quién pues crió éstos? He aquí yo estaba dejada sola: éstos ¿dónde estaban?
22 Thus saith the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up my hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on [their] shoulders.
22 Así dijo el Señor Jehová: He aquí, yo alzaré mi mano á las gentes, y á los pueblos levantaré mi bandera; y traerán en brazos tus hijos, y tus hijas serán traídas en hombros.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.
23 Y reyes serán tus ayos, y sus reinas tus amas [de leche]; el rostro inclinado á tierra te adorarán, y lamerán el polvo de tus pies: y conocerás que yo soy Jehová, que no se avergonzarán los que me esperan.
24 Will anyone take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?
24 ¿Será quitada la presa al valiente? ó ¿libertaráse la cautividad legítima?
25 For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children.
25 Así empero dice Jehová: Cierto, la cautividad será quitada al valiente, y la presa del robusto será librada; y tu pleito yo lo pleitearé, y yo salvaré á tus hijos.
26 And they that afflicted thee shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers thee, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
26 Y á los que te despojaron haré comer sus carnes, y con su sangre serán embriagados como con mosto; y conocerá toda carne que yo Jehová soy Salvador tuyo, y Redentor tuyo, el Fuerte de Jacob.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 1:5; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 49:5; Luke 1:31
- 2 Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; Isaiah 50:4; Revelation 2:12; Isaiah 51:16
- 3 Isaiah 42:1; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 44:23; John 17:1; Isaiah 52:13
- 4 Isaiah 35:4; Galatians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 40:10
- 5 John 3:35; Matthew 17:5; Romans 15:8; 1 Peter 3:22; Matthew 28:18
- 6 Acts 13:47; Isaiah 42:6; Luke 2:32; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 52:10
- 7 1 Peter 2:4; Matthew 26:67; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 72:10–11
- 8 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 42:6; Psalm 69:13; Hebrews 12:24; Isaiah 61:4
- 9 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 42:7; Luke 4:18; Psalm 69:33
- 10 Revelation 7:16–17; Matthew 5:6; Ezekiel 34:23; Isaiah 33:16; Psalm 121:5–6
- 11 Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 62:10; Luke 3:4–5; Isaiah 35:8–10; Isaiah 40:3–4
- 12 Isaiah 43:5–6; Luke 13:29; Isaiah 2:2–3; Psalm 72:17; Psalm 72:10–11
- 13 Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 51:3; Psalm 96:11–13; Isaiah 52:9; Isaiah 40:1–2
- 14 Isaiah 40:27; Psalm 22:1; Romans 11:1–5; Lamentations 5:20; Psalm 89:38–46
- 15 Isaiah 44:21; Psalm 103:13; Matthew 7:11; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:1
- 16 Haggai 2:23; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 62:6; Song of Songs 8:6; Isaiah 26:1
- 17 Isaiah 51:13; Isaiah 62:5; Isaiah 51:22–23; Ezekiel 28:24; Isaiah 51:18–20
- 18 Isaiah 54:1–3; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 66:12–13; Isaiah 54:9; Isaiah 54:7
- 19 Zechariah 10:10; Isaiah 54:1–2; Jeremiah 30:18–19; Isaiah 49:25–26; Isaiah 51:3
- 20 Joshua 17:14–16; Galatians 4:26–28; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 60:4; 2 Kings 6:1
- 21 Isaiah 64:10; Galatians 3:29; Isaiah 54:3–8; Isaiah 5:13; Matthew 24:29–30
- 22 Luke 13:29; Psalm 86:9; Isaiah 14:2; Malachi 1:11; Psalm 67:4–7
- 23 Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 60:3; Micah 7:17; Isaiah 45:14
- 24 Luke 11:21–22; Psalm 124:6–7; Matthew 12:29; Ezekiel 37:3; Isaiah 42:22
- 25 Isaiah 54:15–17; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 41:11–12; Jeremiah 50:33–34; Isaiah 54:13
- 26 Isaiah 9:20; Isaiah 41:14–20; Isaiah 9:4; Revelation 16:6; Ezekiel 39:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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