Isaiah 49:6
ContextNETBible | he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant 1 of Israel? 2 I will make you a light to the nations, 3 so you can bring 4 my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.” |
XREF | 2Ki 3:18; 2Ki 20:10; Ps 98:2,3; Isa 11:10; Isa 24:14-16; Isa 42:6; Isa 46:13; Isa 52:10; Isa 60:3; Lu 2:32; Lu 24:46,47; Joh 1:4-9; Ac 13:47; Ac 26:18 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.” 2 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel. 3 tn See the note at 42:6. 4 tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.” |