Isaiah 49:5

New American Bible - revised edition

For now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength!

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

He continued: “Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength!”

Isaiah 11:12

He shall raise a signal to the nations and gather the outcasts of Israel; The dispersed of Judah he shall assemble from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 12:2

God indeed is my salvation; I am confident and unafraid. For the Lord is my strength and my might, and he has been my salvation.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God, I extol you, I praise your name; For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old, faithful and true.

Isaiah 27:12

On that day, The Lord shall beat out grain from the channel of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you shall be gleaned one by one, children of Israel.

Isaiah 43:4

Because you are precious in my eyes and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you and nations in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 44:2

Thus says the Lord who made you, your help, who formed you from the womb: Do not fear, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 49:1

Hear me, coastlands, listen, distant peoples. Before birth the Lord called me, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

Isaiah 52:13

See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.

Isaiah 56:8

Oracle of the Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel— Others will I gather to them besides those already gathered.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

Zechariah 6:13

He will build the temple of the Lord, and taking up the royal insignia, he will sit as ruler upon his throne. The priest will be at his right hand, and between the two of them there will be peaceful understanding.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. The Gentle Mastery of Christ.

Matthew 15:24

He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 3:17

And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Luke 19:42

saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.

Acts 10:36

You know the word [that] he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all,

Romans 15:8

For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs,

Galatians 1:15

But when [God], who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.