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Isaiah 49:4-14

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4 But I said, "I have 1toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD, And My 2reward with My God."
5 And now says 3the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that 4Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am 5honored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My 6strength ),
6 He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the 7preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a 8light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the 9end of the earth."
7 Thus says the LORD, the 10Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One, To the 11despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of rulers, "12Kings will see and arise, Princes will also 13bow down, Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You."
8 Thus says the LORD, "In a 14favorable time I have answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will 15keep You and 16give You for a covenant of the people, To 17restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
9 Saying to those who are 18bound, 'Go forth,' To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roads they will feed, And their pasture will be on all 19bare heights.
10 "They will 20not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching 21heat or sun strike them down; For 22He who has compassion on them will 23lead them And will guide them to 24springs of water.
11 "I will make all 25My mountains a road, And My 26highways will be raised up.
12 "Behold, these will come 27from afar; And lo, these will come from the 28north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim."
13 29Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the 30LORD has comforted His people And will 31have compassion on His afflicted.

Promise to Zion

14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me."
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Isaiah 49:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 49

This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of Jews and Gentiles; which the isles, and people afar off, are exhorted to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person of Christ; who gives an account of his call to his office, and the time of it; of what the Lord did for him, and said unto him, Isa 49:1-3, then follows a complaint of his labouring in vain, and a correction of it, Isa 49:4 and a further declaration of his call and appointment to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. Christ is again represented under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the nation, and a servant of rulers; who is encouraged by divine promises that kings should rise up before him, and worship him; that God would be faithful to his promise to him, and yet choose him, hear and help him, at a proper time; preserve him, and give him for a covenant to the people, to the establishment of the earth, and making it habitable, Isa 49:7,8 for the release of prisoners, and feeding, leading, and guiding them, and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the calling of the Gentiles is foretold, which would occasion great joy in the world, Isa 49:12,13 yet the church is introduced as complaining that she was forsaken of God, Isa 49:14 which is denied, and the contrary affirmed; being dear to the Lord as a sucking child to its mother, and more so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, and, for her comfort, she is assured that those who had destroyed and made her waste should be removed; and that she should have converts that would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be matter of astonishment to her, Isa 49:17-21 and, besides those that would be converted in the land of Judea, there would be great numbers in the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and encouraging the interest of Christ, Isa 49:22,23 and yet still it is questioned whether the church should be delivered from her oppressors, Isa 49:24 to which it is answered, that she should be delivered, and her persecutors destroyed; by which it would be known that the Lord is the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 31

  • 1. Isaiah 65:23
  • 2. Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 59:18
  • 3. Isaiah 44:2
  • 4. Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 27:12
  • 5. Isaiah 43:4
  • 6. Isaiah 12:2
  • 7. Psalms 37:28; Psalms 97:10
  • 8. Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 51:4; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; Acts 26:23
  • 9. Isaiah 48:20
  • 10. Isaiah 48:17
  • 11. Psalms 22:6-8; Psalms 69:7-9; Isaiah 53:3
  • 12. Isaiah 52:15
  • 13. Isaiah 19:21, 23; Isaiah 27:13; Isaiah 66:23
  • 14. Psalms 69:13; 2 Corinthians 6:2
  • 15. Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 27:3; Isaiah 42:6
  • 16. Isaiah 42:6
  • 17. Isaiah 44:26
  • 18. Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18
  • 19. Isaiah 41:18
  • 20. Isaiah 33:16; Isaiah 48:21; Revelation 7:16
  • 21. Psalms 121:6
  • 22. Isaiah 14:1
  • 23. Psalms 23:2; Isaiah 40:11
  • 24. Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 41:17
  • 25. Isaiah 40:4
  • 26. Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 62:10
  • 27. Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 60:4
  • 28. Isaiah 43:5, 6
  • 29. Isaiah 44:23
  • 30. Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 51:3, 12
  • 31. Is 54:7, 8, 10

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Lit "light"
  • [b] Or "to"
  • [c] Lit "be"
  • [d] Lit "establish"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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