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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Isaiah 49:6

I do not desire to strain any passage of scripture, beyond its plain meaning: but I would humbly ask the Reader, whether these words do not seem to convey as if the very heart of God the Father was going forth in love and delight upon the person of his dear Son, as the Mediator and Surety of his people. See those sweet scriptures, Psalms 2:8; John 10:7. And do not forget, whenever contemplating the glorious work of salvation, that Jehovah calls it HIS. Sweet and delightful thought!

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 49:6. _AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL _- "And to restore the branches of Israel"] נצירי _netsirey_, or נצורי _netsurey_, as the Masoretes correct it in the marginal reading. This...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE SAID - That is, Yahweh said in his promise to the Messiah. IT IS A LIGHT THING - Margin, ‘Art thou lighter than that thou,’ etc. Lowth renders it, ‘It is a small thing.’ Hengstenberg, ‘It is to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH, HIS SUFFERING AND HIS GLORY (49-57) CHAPTER 49 The Servant of Jehovah and His Mission 1. _The servant speaks of himself (Isaiah 49:1)_ 2. _He complains of failure (Isaiah...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PREPARATION OF YAHWEH'S SERVANT, AND ITS PURPOSE (the second Servant Song). The Servant of Yahweh speaks, bidding the far lands hearken; for them he has a glorious message, which is, however, not...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIGHT. small. I WILL ALSO GIVE, &C. Quoted in Luke 2:32.Acts 13:47; Acts 13:47 GENTILES. nations. Hebrew. _goyim._ Compare Isaiah 42:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Servant's address to the nations. The passage forms the natural sequel to ch. Isaiah 42:1-4, and adds some fresh features to the portrait there presented. (1) The Servant, speaking now in his own...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 49:1-13. The Servant of Jehovah: His Fidelity amidst Discouragements, and the ultimate Success of His Mission The beginning of ch. 49 seems to mark a distinct advance in the development of the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And he said_ resuming the sentence begun in Isaiah 49:5. R.V. "Yea, he saith." _It is a light thing &c._ Better as R.V. IT IS TOO LIGHT A THING &c. But the literal translation probably is, "It is too...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 949 CHRIST THE LIGHT AND SALVATION OF THE GENTILES Isaiah 49:6. _And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the pres...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND NOW, SAITH THE LORD— This passage is connected with the whole preceding period, and with each part of it; for the Messiah, in the beginning of this discourse, Isaiah 49:1 having addressed the Gent...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. PROGRAM OF THE LORD'S SERVANT, Chapter S 49 - 53 1. RESCUE, CHAPTER 49 a. DESPISED SERVANT TEXT: Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath call...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 49 ‘MY SPECIAL SERVANT’ In the Book of Isaiah, the meaning of ‘my (that is, the *Lord’s...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Lord has an even greater task for Isaiah. He is to tell all nations that the *Lord can rescue every person from the result of an evil life. • Similar words describe God’s double purpose for his...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID. — The words are repeated from “saith the Lord” of the preceding verse, where they had been followed by a long parenthesis. The Servant becomes conscious of a higher mission. All national...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר נָקֵ֨ל מִֽ הְיֹותְךָ֥ לִי֙ עֶ֔בֶד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now commence the section in which the Prince of Peace is most clearly seen. He is revealed first as sustained through suffering (Chapter s 49-53), and then as singing in triumph (Chapter s 54-57)....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give (h) thee for a light to the Gentiles, that...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth. St. Paul, explains this of Christ, (Acts xiii.) who said, Go teach all nations, Matthew xxviii. Isaias was one of his first preachers._...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._And he said, It is a small matter. _Isaiah proceeds still farther, and shews that the labor of Christ, and of the whole Church, will be glorious not only before God, but likewise before men. Althou...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Messiah is brought in, for it is He who delivers. But it is a question apart, so to say. The subject of Christ, and of the people's guilt with respect to Him, begins with chapter 49, which, with t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID,.... Or "even he said"; namely, the Lord his God, that called, appointed, and strengthened him for his service: IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that tho...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TESTIMONY OF JEHOVAH'S SERVANT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And He, Jehovah, SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL, those whom the Lord had chosen for His own out of t...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDST: Or, art thou lighter, then that thou shouldest etc. PRESERVED: Or, desolations...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 The great Author of redemption shows the authority for his work. The sword of his word slays the lusts of his people, and all at enmity with them. His sharp arrows wound the conscience; but all t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE; the Lord, expressed both in the foregoing and following verses. IT IS A LIGHT THING; this is but a small favour in comparison of what follows. TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB; that remnant of them...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 49:6 says H559 (H8799) thing H7043 (H8738) Servant H5650 up H6965 (H8687) tribes H7626 Jacob...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    GENTILES (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 42:6). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    In this chapter, we have not merely Isaiah speaking concerning the Christ of God; but it is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who here speaks concerning himself. Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from, far; The LORD hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel's coming Redeemer. Preservation and restoration of Israel and judgment on oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: God, of old, promised a Redeemer to His people who would al...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, oh isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people from far._ The Hebrews reckoned among the isles, not only those of Greece, but the gentile nations generally, who are represented as wai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Listen, O isles, unto Me_ A FORECAST OF THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION In the previous Chapter s we find very glorious things spoken of the deliverance of the Jews from Babylon. But in this chapter we seem...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And now, saith the Lord_ PARADOXES OF PROPHECY I would weigh with you two of those larger, and at the same time intense paradoxes of prophecy, which run throughout the prophetic word, and which Isa...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    OUR SAVIOUR AND THE WORK OF OUR SALVATION Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me, &c._ It is to the Gentiles, to _us_, that Christ here speaks concerning Himself and the work of salvation (Isaiah 49...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE PURPOSE OF GOD’S GREAT GIFT Isaiah 49:6. _And He said, It is a light thing, &c._ The chapter refers to gospel days; and the meaning of the text in particular seems to be fixed by good old Simeon,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION III. THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD (CH. 49-53). EXPOSITION The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1, where the mission of the Servant of Jehovah was f

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 49, we have a fabulous prophecy of Jesus Christ in the first seven verses as God speaks of the Redeemer that He is sending. Listen, O coasts, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 3:18; Acts 13:47; Acts 26:18; Isaiah 11:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — The Lord. It is — This is but a small favour. The tribes — That remnant of them which shall survive all their calamities. My salvation — The great instrument and author of that eternal salvation...

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