Isaiah 49:1

+ 49:1 a MP: Messiah comes for all people. (See also Is 42:4c). (Matt 28:18; 1 Tim 2:3-6; Eph 2:12-14) Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, islands, to me. 2 Listen, you peoples, from afar: 1 + 49:1 b MP: Messiah is called to God’s service from the womb. (Matt 1:20-21; Luke 2:11) Adonai has called me from the womb; 2 + 49:1 c MP: Messiah was named before his birth. (Matt 1:21) from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name. 1

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In The King James Version

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

In Context

2+ 49:2. MP: The Messiah’s words are as a sharp sword. (To divide is an idiom referring to his teachings, it will not unite everyone). (Luke 12:51; Heb 4:12) He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. 2 He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. 1 He has made me a polished shaft. 2 He has kept me close in his quiver. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:14+ 7:14 a MP: A virgin female will conceive and bear a son, (combined with Gen 3:15, seed of a woman). Note on textual variations: Why a virgin female as compared to young female? In the Hebrew Masoretic text, the prophecy in Isaiah uses the Hebrew word almah [a woman of marriageable age] whereas the verse in Matthew uses the Greek word parthenos [a pure virgin or woman of marriageable age]. However the translators of the Greek Septuagint, which is older than any existing Hebrew text, used parthenos in their translation of the verse in Isaiah. Therefore the translators understood the verse in Isaiah as referring to a literal virgin birth. (Luke 1:27, 1:30-31) Therefore 'Adonay [Lord] himself will give you a sign. + 7:14. Quoted in Luke 2:34 Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, + 7:14 b MP: The name Immanu'el, meaning [God with us]. This is an attributed title, not his literal name. Consider (Is 8:7-8) also uses the Hebrew Immanu'el. (Matt 1:21-23; Col 2:9; Rev 21:3) and shall call his name + 7:14 c MP: Messiah is equal to God who sent him; Immanu'el, God with us. (John 12:45; Col 2:9) 'Immanu El [God is with us]. + 7:14. Quoted in Matt 1:23; Rev 21:3

Isaiah 41:1“Keep silent before me, islands, 2 and let the peoples renew their strength. 1 Let them come near, 2 then let them speak. 2 Let’s meet together for judgment. 1

Isaiah 42:12Let them give kavod ·weighty glory· to Adonai, 2 and declare his tehilah ·praise song· in the islands. 1

Isaiah 44:24Adonai, your Redeemer, 2 and he who formed you from the womb says: 1 “I am Adonai, who makes all things; 2 who alone stretches out the heavens; 2 who spreads out the earth by myself; 1

Isaiah 46:3“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· me, house of Jacob [Supplanter], 2 and all the remnant of the house of Israel [God prevails], 1 that have been carried from their birth, 2 that have been carried from the rachamim ·wombs / bowels of compassions·. 1

Isaiah 51:5My righteousness is near. 2 My yesha' ·salvation· has gone out, 2 and my arms will judge the peoples. 1 The islands will wait for me, 2 and they will trust my arm. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:1

Glorious things had been spoken in the previous chapters concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon; but lest any should think, when it was accomplished, that it looked much greater and brighter in the prophecy than in the performance, and that the return of about 40,000 Jews in a poor condition out of Babylon to Jerusalem was not an event sufficiently answering to the height and grandeur of the expressions used in the prophecy, he here comes to show that the prophecy had a further intention, and was to… Read the whole commentary →

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