I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my1 just reward is with the Lord,
And my1 work with my God.’ ”
Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him,
So that Israel ais gathered to Him
(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,
And My God shall be My strength),
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a alight to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
The Redeemer of Israel,1 their Holy One,
aTo Him1 whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
b“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”
“In an aacceptable time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will1 preserve You band give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate1 heritages;
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
bNeither heat nor sun shall strike them;
For He who has mercy on them cwill lead them,
Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
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Isaiah 49:5
The reason why He was confident that His work would be accepted and rewarded, namely, because He is "glorious in the eyes of Jehovah," etc.
to bring Jacob again to him— (Matthew 15:24; Acts 3:26).
Though Israel be not gathered—metaphor from a scattered flock which the shepherd gathers together again; or a hen and her chickens (Matthew 23:37). Instead of the text "not," the Keri has the similar Hebrew word, "to Him," which the parallelism favors: "And that Israel may be gathered to Him."
yet—rather, parenthetically. "For I am glorious, etc., and My God is My strength." Then (Isaiah 49:6) resuming the words from the beginning of Isaiah 49:5, "He saith" (I repeat), etc. HORSLEY explains, "Notwithstanding the incredulity of the Jews, Messiah shall be glorified in the conversion of the Gentiles," reading as English Version: but if the Keri be read, "Israel shall at one time or other be gathered, notwithstanding their incredulity during Messiah's sojourn on earth."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 49:5:
Isaiah 3:8
Isaiah 42:4
Isaiah 44:2
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:5
Isaiah 50:7
Isaiah 50:10
Isaiah 53:11
Jeremiah 1:5
Ezekiel 3:19
Zechariah 11:12
Galatians 1:15
Hebrews 12:3
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