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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 49:5 - 49:5
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The reason why He was confident that His work would be accepted and rewarded, namely, because He is “glorious in the eyes of Jehovah,” etc.
to bring Jacob again to him - (Mat 15:24; Act 3:26).
Though Israel be not gathered - metaphor from a scattered flock which the shepherd gathers together again; or a hen and her chickens (Mat 23:37). Instead of the text “not,” the Keri has the similar Hebrew word, “to Him,” which the parallelism favors: “And that Israel may be gathered to Him.”
yet - rather, parenthetically. “For I am glorious, etc., and My God is My strength.” Then (Isa 49:6) resuming the words from the beginning of Isa 49:5, “He saith” (I repeat), etc. Horsley explains, “Notwithstanding the incredulity of the Jews, Messiah shall be glorified in the conversion of the Gentiles,” reading as English Version: but if the Keri be read, “Israel shall at one time or other be gathered, notwithstanding their incredulity during Messiah’s sojourn on earth.”