Isaiah 49:5-7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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And now, saith the Lord

Paradoxes of prophecy

I would weigh with you two of those larger, and at the same time intense paradoxes of prophecy, which run throughout the prophetic word, and which Isaiah, in these wonderful words concentrates in one.

1. That He, who was foretold should Himself be the light and salvation of those who knew not God unto earth’s utmost bound, yet should fail as to those to whom He should first come, the prophet’s own nation, the people among whom alone, before He came, He was looked for, hoped for, believed in.

2. That He, whom to adore should be the glory of kings, before whose presence they should “arise” from their thrones and bow down before Him, should be first “despised of man, abhorred by the” Jewish “people,” be in the power of the rulers of this world, as a slave is in the power of his masters. (E. B. Pusey, D. D.)

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Isaiah 49:5-7

5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

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.

7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom manb despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.