Yesaya 49:6
Konteks49:6 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 49:21
Konteks49:21 Then you will think to yourself, 5
‘Who bore these children for me?
I was bereaved and barren,
dismissed and divorced. 6
Who raised these children?
Look, I was left all alone;
where did these children come from?’”
Yesaya 63:9
Konteks63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. 7
The messenger sent from his very presence 8 delivered them.
In his love and mercy he protected 9 them;
he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. 10
[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.”
[49:21] 5 tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”
[49:21] 6 tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”
[63:9] 7 tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).
[63:9] 8 tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”
[63:9] sn This may refer to the “angel of God” mentioned in Exod 14:19, who in turn may be identical to the divine “presence” (literally, “face”) referred to in Exod 33:14-15 and Deut 4:37. Here in Isa 63 this messenger may be equated with God’s “holy Spirit” (see vv. 10-11) and “the Spirit of the Lord” (v. 14). See also Ps 139:7, where God’s “Spirit” seems to be equated with his “presence” (literally, “face”) in the synonymous parallelistic structure.
[63:9] 9 tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”
[63:9] 10 tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”