Isaiah 49:6-8
International Standard Version
6 he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Israel[a]
and bring back those of Jacob[b] I have preserved.
I’ll also make you as a light to the nations,
to be my salvation to the ends[c] of the earth.
7 “This is what my Lord[d] says—
the Lord your Redeemer, O Israel,[e]
and his Holy One—
to one despised by people,[f]
to those abhorred[g] as a nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings see[h] and arise,
and princes[i] will bow down,
because of the Lord who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel,
the one who has[j] chosen you.”
The Restoration of Israel
8 “This what the Lord says:
“I’ll answer[k] you in a time of favor,
and on a day of salvation I’ll help[l] you.
I have watched over you,
and given you as a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX Jacob
- Isaiah 49:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX Israel
- Isaiah 49:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX end
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks my Lord
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read the Redeemer of Israel
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT CaiGen LXX reads to one people despise
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads one abhorred
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Kings will see; LXX reads Kings will see him
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab reads They will rise; MT LXX read princes will rise, and they
- Isaiah 49:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and the one who has; LXX reads and I have
- Isaiah 49:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads I have answered
- Isaiah 49:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read I have helped
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