<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200002">1 Nephi</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200584">Chapter 21</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1200561">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1200611">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 6.  Comprising chapter 19 verse 22 to chapter 21 inclusive.</em></p><p><em>Excerpts from the Book of Isaiah. Comprising chapters 20 and 21. Compare Isaiah 48,49.</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200585">1</a>. And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.  Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200586">2</a>. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200587">3</a>. And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200588">4</a>. Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200589">5</a>. And now, saith the Lord--that formed me from the womb that I should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him--though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200590">6</a>. And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel.  I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200591">7</a>. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200592">8</a>. Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200593">9</a>. That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in darkness: Show yourselves.  They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200594">10</a>. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200595">11</a>. And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200596">12</a>. And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come from far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200597">13</a>. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200598">14</a>. But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me--but he will show that he hath not.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200599">15</a>. For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?  Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200600">16</a>. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200601">17</a>. Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200602">18</a>. Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves together, and they shall come to thee.  And as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200603">19</a>. For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200604">20</a>. The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall again in thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200605">21</a>. Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro?  And who hath brought up these?  Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200606">22</a>. Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200607">23</a>. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200608">24</a>. For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives delivered?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200609">25</a>. But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1200610">26</a>. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.</li>
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