Isaiah Chapter 42 verse 6 Holy Bible
I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
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I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,
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I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
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Isaiah 42 : 6 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness. The "Servant of Jehovah" is addressed. God has "called" him; i.e. appointed him to his mediatorial office "in righteousness," in accordance with the righteous purpose which he has entertained towards his fallen creatures from the beginning of the world. And will give thee for a Covenant of the people (comp. Isaiah 49:8). The covenant between God and his people being in Christ, it is quite consistent with Hebrew usage to transfer the term to Christ himself, in whom the covenant was, as it were, embodied. So Christ is called "our Salvation" and "our Peace," and again, "our Redemption" and "our Life." This is the ordinary tone of Hebrew poetry, which rejoices in personification and embodiment. A prose writer would have said that the Servant of the Lord would be given as the Mediator of a covenant between Jehovah and his people. For a light of the Gentiles (comp. Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 51:4).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Have called thee in righteousness . . .--The words apply to the personal servant. His call was in accordance with the absolute righteousness of God, manifesting itself in love.A covenant of the people.--The context limits the "people" to Israel. The "servant of the Lord" is to be in Himself not only the mediator of the covenant, but the covenant, the meeting-point between God and man, just as He is the "peace" as well as the peacemaker (Micah 5:5; Ephesians 2:14). The words may well have furnished a starting-point for the "new covenant" of Jeremiah 31:31, and the whole series of thoughts that have grown out of it.A light of the Gentiles.--Re-echoed in Luke 2:32.
