Isaiah 49:6

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.”

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

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.”