Parallel ISA 49:0

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Isaiah 49 Introduction

Structure and Formatting

Isaiah 49 opens with the second Servant Song (verses 1-6), where the servant speaks and Yahweh appoints him as a light to the nations; the rest is poetry promising comfort and restoration to zion and the regathering of her scattered children.

Religious and Cultural Concepts in This Chapter

Zion as a mother

Yahweh answers Zion’s fear that he has forgotten her by comparing his love to a nursing mother’s (verses 14-15), picturing Zion as a bereaved woman whose exiled children return to her.

Translation Issues in This Chapter

Synonymous parallelism

Many verses restate one idea in synonymous parallel lines; translate so the repetition reinforces the meaning rather than implying two separate statements.