Isaiah 49:8
This is what the Lord says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
Note LXX In the time of favor I heard You, and in the day of salvation I helped You; cited in 2 Corinthians 6:2
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Note establish: or, raise up
The Lord says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- In an
- Psalm 69:13; John 11:41, 42; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 5:7
- have I helped
- Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 50:7–9; Acts 2:24–32
- give thee
- Isaiah 42:6; Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 12:24
- establish
- or, raise up.
- Isaiah 51:16; Psalm 75:3
- to cause
- Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4; Psalm 2:8; Ephesians 2:12–19