Isa 49:8-13

Thus says the LORD:

In a time of favor I answer you,

on the day of salvation I help you;

I form you and set you

as a covenant for the people,

To restore the land

and allot the devastated heritages,

To say to the prisoners: Come out!

To those in darkness: Show yourselves!

Along the roadways they shall find pasture,

on every barren height shall their pastures be.

They shall not hunger or thirst;

nor shall scorching wind or sun strike them;

For he who pities them leads them

and guides them beside springs of water.

I will turn all my mountains into roadway,

and make my highways level.

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