Isaiah 49:5,6

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 49:5 It is too light a thing. It is too small a task to redeem only the tribes of Jacob (ethnic Israel). It is clear here that the servant, though he embodies Israel (v. Isaiah 49:3), is nevertheless distinct from Israel. He has a calling to serve Israel and beyond. that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. A clear statement of salvation’s worldwide scope, a theme that Acts 1:1 develops by quoting this text (see Acts 1:8; Acts 13:47).