the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Isaiah 49:3
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He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel,In Whom I will show forth My beautiful glory."
He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, In Whom I will show My glory."
And sayde vnto me: Thou art my seruaunt Israel, I wyll be honoured in thee.
And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.
"And He said to me, "You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.'
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He told me, "Israel, you are my servant. I will do wonderful things with you."
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And sayd vnto me; Thou art my seruant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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And [the LORD] said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, In Whom I will show My glory."
and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;
and he said to me, You are my slave; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
And said to me, Thou [art] my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
He told me, "Israel, you are my servant. I will show my glory through you."
He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor."
The Lord said to me, "Israel, you are my servant; and because of you I will be highly honored."
He said to me, "You are my servant, Isra'el, through whom I will show my glory."
And sayd vnto me, Thou art my seruaunt, Israel, for I will be glorious in thee.
And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
and he said to me, You are my servant; Yisra'el, in whom I will be glorified.
And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory."
And He said to Me, "You are My Servant Israel, in Whom I will show My shining-greatness."
and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified.
and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
He said to me, "You are My servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory."
And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
And said to me My Servant, thou art, - Israel, in whom I will get myself glory.
And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.
And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will show my glory."
And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, In whom I will show My glory."
He said to me, "Israel, you are my servant; because of you, people will praise me."
He said to me, "You are My Servant, Israel; I will be glorified in him."
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And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'
Contextual Overview
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Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 43:21, Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 52:13, Isaiah 53:10, Zechariah 3:8, Matthew 17:5, Luke 2:10-14, John 12:28, John 13:31, John 13:32, John 15:8, John 17:1, John 17:4, Ephesians 1:6, Philippians 2:6-11, 1 Peter 2:9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:21 - the breasts Leviticus 10:3 - before 1 Chronicles 17:19 - thy servant's Isaiah 41:8 - thou Isaiah 50:10 - obeyeth Isaiah 53:11 - by his Isaiah 60:21 - that I John 8:49 - but 1 Corinthians 11:3 - and the head of Christ Philippians 2:7 - the form 2 Thessalonians 1:10 - to be glorified
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And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And said unto me,.... Both in the everlasting council, and when he made a covenant with him in eternity; when he found him and anointed him, and laid help on him; and also when he brought him, his first begotten, into the world, at his incarnation:
thou art my servant; of his choosing, appointing, calling, sending, bringing forth, and supporting; so he was as Mediator, especially in his estate of humiliation, when he appeared in the form of a servant, and came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many; thereby to obtain redemption, which was the great work and service he was appointed to; which he readily undertook, and willingly and cheerfully engaged in, and diligently and faithfully performed; to whom justly belong the characters of an obedient, diligent, prudent, and faithful servant; in answering which he showed his regard to his Father's will, his love to his people, and his great humility and condescension:
O Israel; a name of Christ, and which properly belongs to him, being the antitype of Jacob or Israel; the Head and representative of the whole Israel of God; who was of Israel according to the flesh, and an Israelite indeed in a spiritual sense, and was only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Israel is a name of the church, often given to it in this prophecy; Christ and his church, by virtue of the union between them, have the same names; as she is sometimes called by his names, Christ, and the Lord our righteousness, so he is here called by her name Israel, 1 Corinthians 12:12:
in whom I will be glorified; this is Jehovah's end in all he does in nature or grace; and is what Christ had in view in working out our salvation; and all the divine perfections are glorified in it by him, the wisdom, power, faithfulness, holiness, justice, love, grace, and mercy of God. Some render the words actively, "in thee" or "in whom I will glory" t; as his own Son, in whom he is well pleased, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; and in whom also all the seed of Israel glory, as well as are justified. Or, as others, Israel is he, of "whom by thee I will glory", or "glorify" u; meaning, that it was the spiritual and mystical Israel, the church, whom he would save by his Son and servant, the Messiah, and bring to glory.
t אשר בך אתפאר "in quo gloriabor", Munster, Tigurine version, De Dieu; "quia in te gloriabor", V. L. u "Israel est is de quo, per te gloriaturus sum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "vel glorificaturus", Gal.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And said unto me - That is, as I suppose, to the Messiah. God said to him that he was his servant; he by whom he would be particularly glorified and honored.
Thou art my servant, O Israel - There has been great variety, as was intimated in the analysis of the chapter, in the interpretation of this verse. The question of difficulty is, to whom does the word ‘Israel’ refer? And if it refer to the Messiah, why is this name given to him? There is no variety in the ancient versions, or in the MSS. The opinions which have been maintained have been referred to in the analysis, and are briefly these:
1. The most obvious interpretation of the verse, if it stood alone, would be to refer it to the Jews as ‘the servant of Jehovah,’ in accordance with Isaiah 41:8, by whom he would be glorified in accordance with the declaration in Isaiah 44:23. This is the opinion of Rosenmuller and of some others. But the objection to this is, that the things which are affirmed of this ‘servant,’ by no means apply to the Jews. It is evidently an individual that is addressed; and in no conceivable sense can that be true of the Jews at large which is affirmed of this person in Isaiah 49:4 ff.
2. It has been referred to Isaiah. This was the opinion of Grotius, Dathe, Saadias, Doderlin, and others. Grotius supposes it means, ‘thou art my servant for the good of Israel.’ So Dathe renders it: ‘It is for Israel’s benefit that I will glorify myself in thee.’ Saadias renders it, ‘Thou art my ambassador to Israel.’ Aben Ezra says of the passage, ‘Thou art my servant, descended from Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Or, the sense is this: Thou who in my eyes art reputed as equal to all Israel.’ But, as has been remarked in the analysis, this interpretation is attended with all the difficulty of the interpretation which refers it to the Messiah, and is inconsistent with the known character of Isaiah, and with the declarations made of the person referred to in the following verses. There is certainly no more reason why the name ‘Israel’ should be given to Isaiah, than there is why it should be given to the Messiah; and it is certain that Isaiah never arrogated to himself such high honor as that of being a light to the Gentiles, and a covenant of the people, and as being one before whom kings would rise up, and to whom princes would do homage.
3. Gesenius supposes that the word ‘Israel’ is not genuine, but has come by error into the text. But for this there is no authority except one manuscript, to which he himself attaches no weight.
4. The only other interpretation, therefore, is that which refers it to the Messiah. This, which has been the common exposition of commentators, most manifestly agrees with the verses which follow, and with the account which occurs in the New Testament.
The account in Isaiah 49:4-8, is such as can be applied to no other one than he, and is as accurate and beautiful a description of him as if it had been made by one who had witnessed his labors, and heard from him the statement of his own plans. But still, a material question arises, why is this name ‘Israel’ applied to the Messiah? It is applied to him nowhere else, and it is certainly remarkable that a name should be applied to an individual which is usually applied to an entire people. To this question the following answers, which are, indeed, little more than conjectures, may be returned:
1. Lowth and Vitringa suppose that it is because the name, in its full import and signification, can be given only to him; and that there is a reference here to the fact recorded in Genesis 32:28, where Jacob is said to have wrestled with God, and prevailed, and was, in consequence of that, called Israel. The full import of that name, says Lowth, pertains only to the Messiah, ‘who contended powerfully with God in behalf of mankind.’
2. It is common in the Scriptures to use the names which occurred in the history of the Jews as descriptive of things which were to occur under the times of the Messiah, or as representing in general events that might occur at any time. Thus the names, Moab, Edom, Ashur, were used to denote the foes of God in general; the name of Elijah was given to John the Baptist (Hengstenberg).
3. In accordance with this, the name David is not unfrequently given to the Messiah, and he is spoken of under this name, as he was to be his descendant and successor.
4. For the same reason, the name Israel may be given to him - nor as the name of the Jewish people - but the name of the illustrious ancestor of the Jewish race, because he would possess his spirit, and would, like him, wrestle with God. He was to be a prince having power with God (compare Genesis 32:28), and would prevail. In many respects there would be a resemblance between him and this pious and illustrious ancestor of the Jewish people.
In whom I will be glorified - This means that the result of the Redeemer’s work would be such as eminently to honor God. He would be glorified by the gift of such a Saviour; by his instructions, his example, the effect of his ministry while on earth, and by his death. The effect of the work of the Messiah as adapted to glorify God, is often referred to in the New Testament (see John 12:28; John 13:31-32; John 14:13; John 16:14; John 17:1-5).
