Isaiah 42:6

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

In righteousness - rather, 'for a righteous purpose' (Lowth). (See ). God "set forth" His Son "to be a propitiation (so as) to declare His (God's) righteousness, that God might be just, and (yet) the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus" (Romans 3:25: cf. note, ; ; Isaiah 50:8).

And will hold thine hand - cf. as to Israel, the type of Messiah, ,

And give thee for a covenant of the people the medium of the covenant originally made between God and And give thee for a covenant of the people - the medium of the covenant, originally made between God and Abraham. "Messiah is given by the Father to be the mediator of a better covenant" () than the Law (see ; ; ). So the abstract, "peace," for peace-maker (; ).

The people - Israel: as , compared with , proves ().