Yesaya 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ¹  of Israel? ² 

I will make you a light to the nations, ³ 

so you can bring ⁴  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Yesaya 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ⁵ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ⁶ 

you are not afraid of me. ⁷ 

[49:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ² 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.

[49:6]  ³ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[57:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ⁷ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.