Yesaya 45:23
Konteks45:23 I solemnly make this oath 1 –
what I say is true and reliable: 2
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 3
Yesaya 49:6
Konteks49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,
to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the remnant 4 of Israel? 5
I will make you a light to the nations, 6
so you can bring 7 my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
[45:23] 1 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
[45:23] 2 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
[45:23] 3 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
[49:6] 4 tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”
[49:6] 5 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.