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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 49:7 - 49:7
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whom man despiseth - Hebrew, “the despised of soul,” that is, by every soul, by all men (Isa 52:14, Isa 52:15; Isa 53:3; Isa 50:6-9; Psa 22:6). Lowth translates, “whose person is despised.”
abhorreth - literally, “who is an abomination to the nation” (Luk 23:18-23). The Jews contemptuously call Him always Tolvi, “the crucified.” I prefer, on account of Goi, the Hebrew term for nation being usually applied to the Gentiles, and that for people to the Jews (Hos 1:9; so the Greek terms respectively also Laos and Ethne, Rom 9:25), to take “nation” here collectively for the Gentile world, which also spurned Him (Psa 2:1-3; Act 4:25-27).
servant of rulers - (Mat 17:27). He who would not exert His power against the rulers (Mat 26:52, Mat 26:53).
shall see - namely the fulfillment of God’s promises (Isa 49:3, Isa 49:6), “when He (shall be) a light to the Gentiles.”
arise - to reverence Thee (Psa 72:10, Psa 72:11; Phi 2:10).
princes also - rather, for the parallelism, supply the ellipsis, thus, “Princes shall see and shall worship.”
faithful - namely, to His promises.
choose thee - as God’s elect (Isa 42:1).