Isaiah 49:5

New English Translation

So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant – he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord’s sight, for my God is my source of strength –

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the lord is your strength.”

Isaiah 11:12

He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 12:2

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.

Isaiah 27:12

At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

Isaiah 43:4

Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

Isaiah 44:2

This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says – the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: “Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.

Isaiah 50:4

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

Isaiah 52:13

“Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted –

Isaiah 56:8

The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Zechariah 6:13

Indeed, he will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.

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 decides to reveal him.

Matthew 15:24

So he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”

Luke 19:42

saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

Acts 10:36

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) –

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

Galatians 1:15

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

1 Peter 3:22

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