Isaiah 49:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

light. small.

I will also give, &c. Quoted in Luke 2:32.Acts 13:47; Acts 13:47

Gentiles. nations. Hebrew. goyim. Compare Isaiah 42:6 . Therefore not the secret (or Mystery) of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Compare Genesis 12:3.Luke 2:29-32.

Thou. This cannot be Israel, for it is expressly fulfilled in Christ.

Salvation. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the Saviour Who wrought salvation.

Isaiah 49:6

6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.