Portions: Isaiah 49 - 53

This is what the Lord says -
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel -
to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
"Kings will see you and rise up,
princes will see and bow down,
because of the Lord,
who is faithful,
the Holy one of Israel,
who has chosen you."

Shout for joy, O heavens;
rejoice, O earth;
burst into song, O mountains!
For the Lord comforts His people
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
(Isaiah 49:7,13)

Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the word of his servant?
Let him who walks in the dark,
who has no light,
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
(Isaiah 50:10)

"Hear me, you who know what is right,
you people who have My law in your hearts:
Do not fear the reproach of men
or be terrified by their insults.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
the worm will devour them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
My salvation through all generations."
(Isaiah 51:7-8)

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together they shout for joy.
When the Lord returns to Zion,
they will see it with their own eyes.
(Isaiah 52:8)

Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him,
He was despised and reject by men,
a Man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
He was despised,
and we esteemed Him not.
(Isaiah 53:1-3)