Isaiah 49 - Those with Eyes to see will see

[Marc RL Ministry]

ISAIAH 49


The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles

1“Listen, O coastlands, to Me,

And take heed, you peoples from afar!

The Lord has called Me from the womb;

From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

2And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword;

In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me,

And made Me a polished shaft;

In His quiver He has hidden Me.”

3“And He said to me,

‘You are My servant, O Israel,

In whom I will be glorified.’

4Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,

I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;

Yet surely my just reward is with the Lord,

And my work with my God.’ ”

5“And now the Lord says,

Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,

To bring Jacob back to Him,

So that Israel is gathered to Him

(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,

And My God shall be My strength),

6Indeed He says,

‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob,

And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;

I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles,

That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

7Thus says the Lord,

The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,

To Him whom man despises,

To Him whom the nation abhors,

To the Servant of rulers:

“Kings shall see and arise,

Princes also shall worship,

Because of the Lord who is faithful,

The Holy One of Israel;

And He has chosen You.”

8Thus says the Lord:

“In an acceptable time I have heard You,

And in the day of salvation I have helped You;

I will preserve You and give You

As a covenant to the people,

To restore the earth,

To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;

9That You may say to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’

To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’

“They shall feed along the roads,

And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.

10They shall neither hunger nor thirst,

Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;

For He who has mercy on them will lead them,

Even by the springs of water He will guide them.

11I will make each of My mountains a road,

And My highways shall be elevated.

12Surely these shall come from afar;

Look! Those from the north and the west,

And these from the land of Sinim.”

13Sing, O heavens!

Be joyful, O earth!

And break out in singing, O mountains!

For the Lord has comforted His people,

And will have mercy on His afflicted.

 

[liafailrock]

Isaiah 49 as with many of the latter chapters of Isaiah speak to the lost house of Israel, exiled to the nations and becoming nations, thus "Gentiles" just like brother Joseph foreshadowed in Egypt. This was part of the birthright promises to Israel. They were according to prophecy "not my people" and unknown, although we can see in Scripture the Lord drops clues where they went and what they were to become, including a light to the nations. The Jews, on the other hand, are known, and persecuted as also foretold and preserved the feasts, Sabbaths and Torah. Both groups have a purpose. IN the end, Both the Jews and the rest of Israel will be rejoined and settled back in the land of Israel only partly inhabited by the children of Abraham now. (Ezekiel 37 yet future).