“I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,

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“I am the Lord, I have (A)called You in righteousness,
I will also (B)hold You by the hand and (C)watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a (D)covenant to the people,
As a (E)light to the nations,

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“I am the Lord, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose],
I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel],
As a light to the nations (Gentiles),

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“I, the Lord, have called(A) you in righteousness;(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.(C)
I will keep(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant(E) for the people
    and a light(F) for the Gentiles,(G)

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Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a (A)light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

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He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (A)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (B)light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the (C)end of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
  2. Isaiah 49:6 Or to
  3. Isaiah 49:6 Lit be


He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the [a]survivors of Israel;
I will also make You a light to the nations
That My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:6 Lit spared.

he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(A)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(B)
I will also make you a light(C) for the Gentiles,(D)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(E)

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The (A)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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(A)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.(A)

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Nations(A) will come to your light,(B)
    and kings(C) to the brightness of your dawn.

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32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

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32 (A)A light for revelation [a]for the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

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  1. Luke 2:32 Lit of the Gentiles

32 
A Light for revelation to the Gentiles [to disclose what was previously unknown],
And [to bring] the praise and honor and glory of Your people Israel.”(A)

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32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”(A)

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47 For so the Lord has commanded us:

(A)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’

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47 For so the Lord has commanded us,

(A)I have appointed You as a (B)light [a]to the Gentiles,
That You may [b]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

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  1. Acts 13:47 Lit of
  2. Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation

47 For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying,

I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles,
So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”(A)

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47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

“‘I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,(A)
    that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’[c](B)

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  1. Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
  2. Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
  3. Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6

23 (A)that the Christ would suffer, (B)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and (C)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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23 as to (A)whether the [a]Christ was [b]to suffer, and whether, as (B)first from the resurrection of the dead, He would proclaim (C)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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  1. Acts 26:23 I.e., Messiah
  2. Acts 26:23 Lit subject to suffering

23 that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) was to suffer, and that He by being the first to rise from the dead [with an incorruptible body] would proclaim light (salvation) both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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23 that the Messiah would suffer(A) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(B) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(C)

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