Isaiah 49:7

Isaiah 49:7

5 “And now the Lord says,
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),

6 Indeed He says,
‘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.’ ”

7 Thus says the Lord,
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.”

8 Thus says the Lord:
“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;

9 That You may say ^ato the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.

10 They shall neither ^ahunger nor thirst,
^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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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whom man despiseth—Hebrew, "the despised of soul," that is, by every soul, by all men (Isaiah 52:14-15; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 50:6-9; Psalms 22:6). LOWTH translates, "whose person is despised."

abhorreth—literally, "who is an abomination to the nation" (Luke 23:18-23). The Jews contemptuously call Him always Tolvi, "the crucified." I prefer, on account of Goi, the Hebrew term for nation being usually applied to the Gentiles, and that for people to the Jews (Hosea 1:9; so the Greek terms respectively also Laos and Ethne, Romans 9:25), to take "nation" here collectively for the Gentile world, which also spurned Him (Psalms 2:1-3; Acts 4:25-27).

servant of rulers— (Matthew 17:27). He who would not exert His power against the rulers (Matthew 26:52-53).

shall see—namely the fulfilment of God's promises (Isaiah 49:3, Isaiah 49:6), "when He (shall be) a light to the Gentiles."

arise—to reverence Thee (Psalms 72:10-11; Philippians 2:10).

princes also—rather, for the parallelism, supply the ellipsis, thus, "Princes shall see and shall worship."

faithful—namely, to His promises.

choose thee—as God's elect (Isaiah 42:1).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 49:7:**

Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 52:15
Isaiah 53:3
Isaiah 60:3
Isaiah 62:2
Obadiah 1:8
Philippians 2:7

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