Yesaya 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ¹  of Israel? ² 

I will make you a light to the nations, ³ 

so you can bring ⁴  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Yesaya 54:1-3

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

54:2 Make your tent larger,

stretch your tent curtains farther out! ⁵ 

Spare no effort,

lengthen your ropes,

and pound your stakes deep. ⁶ 

54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

your children will conquer ⁷  nations

and will resettle desolate cities.

[49:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ² sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ³ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[54:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”

[54:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”

[54:3]  ⁷ tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”