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Related OET-RV ISA C49

Related OET-RV ISA 49 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7

OET-RV by cross-referenced section ISA 49:1

⌂ ← ISA 49:1–49:7 → ║ ═ ©

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Yahweh’s servant

Isa 49:1–7

The second servant song

49 Listen to me you islands,

≈ and pay attention you distant peoples.

Yahweh called me from before I was born—

≈ he knew my name when I was still inside my mother.[ref]

2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword[ref] that he hid in the shadow of his hand.

≈ He made me into a polished arrow that he hid in his quiver.

3 Then he told me, ‘Yisrael (Israel), you’re my servant,

and I’ll be honoured by others because of you.’


4 I replied, ‘I’ve worked with no results

≈ and used my strength for nothing at all.

Nevertheless, my justice is with Yahweh,

≈ and my wages are with my god.’


5 Now Yahweh has spoken—

the one who formed me from the womb as his servant—

to restore Ya’akov (Jacob) to himself,

≈ and gather Yisrael (Israel) to him.

I’ll be honoured in Yahweh’s eyes,

and my god has been my strength.


6 Also he says,

‘It’s too insignificant for you to be my servant to raise up Ya’akov’s tribes

≈ and to bring back those from Yisrael who’ve been preserved.

I’ll make you into a light for the nations[ref]—

≈ to be the one who takes salvation to the ends of the earth for me.’[ref]


7 Yahweh, Yisrael’s holy one,

the one who paid the price for their freedom

says to the one whose life is despised,

the one who’s hated by the nations—a slave of rulers:

‘Kings will see and stand up,

and princes will bow down

on account of Yahweh who is faithful—Yisrael’s holy one

because he has chosen you.’

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49:5 OSHB variant note: לא: (x-qere) ’ל֣/וֹ’: lemma=l morph=HR/Sp3ms id=23Xmm ל֣/וֹ

49:6 OSHB variant note: ו/נצירי: (x-qere) ’וּ/נְצוּרֵ֥י’: lemma=c/5341 morph=HC/Vqsmpc id=23PiS וּ/נְצוּרֵ֥י

49:7 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Jer 1:5:

5 “Before I formed you in your mother, I already knew you,

≈ and before you came out of the womb, I had a plan for you.

I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

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1:5 OSHB variant note: אצור/ך: (x-qere) ’אֶצָּרְ/ךָ֤’: lemma=3335 morph=HVqi1cs/Sp2ms id=24BsK אֶצָּרְ/ךָ֤

Heb 4:12:

12 because God’s message is living and active and sharper than any high-quality sword, even penetrating to divide the soul and spirit—like separating the bone from sinews—and able to judge a person’s inner thoughts and intentions.

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Rev 1:16:

16 He was holding seven stars in his right hand and a sharp sword was extending from his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

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Isa 42:6:

6 I, Yahweh, have called you my servant for a godly purpose,

and I’ll take hold of your hand and watch over you.

I will make you into a promise for the people—a light for the nations:

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Luk 2:32:

32 a light so the non-Jews can understand, and the greatest gift from and for your people of Yisrael.”[ref]

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2:32: Isa 42:6; 49:6; 52:10.

Acts 26:23:

23 that the messiah would come and suffer and as the first of the dead to come back to life, he is going to be proclaiming light to both Yehudim and non-Jews.”

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Acts 13:47:

47 Because this is what the master commanded us:

‘I have chosen you to be a light for the pagans;

You will take salvation to the end of the earth.’[ref]

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13:47: Isa 49:6.

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