“He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.He has made me a polished shaft.He has kept me close in his quiver.”
Isaiah 49:2 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Listen, islands, to me.Listen, you peoples, from afar:Yahweh has called me from the womb;from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name. 2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.He has made me a polished shaft.He has kept me close in his quiver. 3He said to me, “You are my servant,Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 4But I said, “I have labored in vain.I have spent my strength in vain for nothing;yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh,and my reward with my God.”