Isaiah 49:1-2 New Century Version (NCV)

1. All of you people in faraway places, listen to me.Listen, all you nations far away.Before I was born, the Lord called me to serve him.The Lord named me while I was still in my mother’s womb.

2. He made my tongue like a sharp sword.He hid me in the shadow of his hand.He made me like a sharp arrow.He hid me in the holder for his arrows.

Isaiah 49