And now thus says the Lord, who 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.

And He said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel; behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

Behold, My servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.

the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of His soul, to show Him light, and to form [Him] with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and He shall bear their sins.

[ 3:9] Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your neighbors that are sitting before you- for they are diviners; for behold, I bring forth My servant the Branch.

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming to be in the likeness of men.

Then You spoke in a vision to Your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of My people.

Hearken to Me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord; from my mother's womb He has called my name;

and said to me, You are My servant, O Israel, and in you I will be glorified.

And the people stood, observing. And the rulers with them also were sneering, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the elect of God."

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

And behold, a voice came out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I have found delight."

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice [came] out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

Then a voice came from the heavens, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I have found delight."

And a cloud appeared overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, [saying], "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice was brought to Him such as this by the Magnificent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

And having been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.

and the Spirit of God shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill Him;

And the deliverer shall come for Zion's sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

And this shall be My covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have put in your mouth, shall never fail from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and forever!

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;

that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, "You are My beloved Son; in You I have found delight."

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

And John testified, saying, "I have beheld the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.

"And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God."

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Carmel shall be desert, and Carmel shall be counted for a forest.

Then judgment shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel.

And He said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel; behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and [there shall be] deep darkness on the nations; but the Lord shall appear upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.

And kings shall walk in your light, and nations in your brightness.

And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and kings your glory; and one shall call you [by] a new name, which the Lord shall name.

O Lord, You are my strength and my help, and my refuge in days of evil. To You the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, How worthless [were the] idols [which] our fathers procured for themselves, and there is no help in them.

which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory to Your people Israel."

And hearing these things, they remained silent, and [they] glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted even to the Gentiles repentance unto life."

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Now arriving and gathering the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith for the Gentiles.

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

and that the Gentiles might glorify God on behalf of His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to Your name."

And again: "Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Praise Him, all you peoples!"

Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh--who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made by hands in the flesh--

But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have come to be near by the blood of Christ.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

of which I became a minister according to the free gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.