Yesaya 32:16

32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert

and fairness will live in the orchard. ¹ 

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 ²  of Israel? ³ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ⁴ 

so you can bring ⁵  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

[32:16]  ¹ sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.

[49:6]  ² tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”