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Isaiah 49 - NIV - Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant ...? ›

Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother's womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.

As the verse is written in first person, one can only assume that it is talking about the prophet Isaiah himself. Isaiah is to prophesy to Jacob.

The prophet expresses confidence that despite his apparent failure, God will recognize his effort and reward him appropriately. The specific nature of the reward is not mentioned, but it could be that God, in his own time, will allow the prophet to see the result of his hard labor.

And so God says about His people, “I have engraved you on the palms of my hands,” and He uses those words after that, “Your walls are continually before me,” so that basically, He's saying to His people, “I don't forget you. I'm committed to you. Everything that I'm doing, I'm thinking about you.

God's people do not exist for themselves alone, nor is their restoration an end in itself. God gathers God's people into God's life for one purpose: the salvation of the world. God charges Israel, God's servant, to be “a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth” (verse 6).

The book of Isaiah is filled with sobering accounts of Israel's sin and rebellion and warnings of their coming judgement. But along with warnings, Isaiah also offers a message of hope—a suffering servant, a coming Messiah, who would come to establish God's Kingdom on Earth and create a new Jerusalem.

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God will extend salvation, with all of its blessings, to the Gentiles. Kings and Queens would bring their wealth into the kingdom of Heaven (Revelation 21:24); and all of the enemies of God's Messiah and his Cause shall be destroyed.

God's hands never get dirty and He never has to wash them. That means that He writes our name on his hand it is there forever. God never forgets us and He always loves us. A mother may be true, her affection may be as pure and as strong as earth can furnish but she may forget.

Together with Isaiah 42:1-7, Isaiah 50:4-9, and Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Isaiah 49:1-7 speaks of the Servant of God who is called to be a light to the nations; a source of salvation (Isaiah 49:6) to bring justice to those who are entrapped in situations of oppression: the poor, the needy, the imprisoned (Isaiah 42:6-7).

What is the meaning of Isaiah 49 15? ›

The question of God's love is answered in verse 15. God will not forget those who trust in him, even if a mother forgets her nursing child. After proclaiming his love, God proves his love. If the language of verse 15 is not dramatic enough, verse 16 is even more graphic.

In the prophetic vision of Isaiah, a powerful metaphor is used to relay God's promise and faithfulness to His people. This verse serves as a promise of restoration and reflects a deeper reality where the representatives of Jerusalem, symbolized as her sons, are described as jewels surrounding a bride.

Isaiah 49:17-18 depict the return of the children of Zion and also the return of “her destroyers,” i.e., Babylon, Assyria, etc., as coming “*nto thee,” that is, returning to the true worship of the God of Israel.

And I will make all my mountains a way means that God will make a passage across the mountains. They will not block the return of the exiles. The phrase my mountains may be used to recall the theme that God is their Creator. It probably does not indicate that he owns them, but rather that he has made them.

In Isaiah 49:6, the prophet speaks of a servant of God who would be a light to Gentiles (non-Jews) so that God's salvation could reach the ends of the earth. Christians acknowledge that Jesus is the fulfillment of this promise. The followers of Jesus helped spread Christianity about 2,000 years ago.

Overall, Isaiah 49:8 (KJV) is a powerful declaration of God's faithfulness and his commitment to his covenant people. It speaks to the themes of divine timing, salvation, preservation, and restoration, and carries rich theological and prophetic significance.

The speaker is Isaiah (“my”; 5:1, 9); the prophet speaks in the first person for the first time. The “beloved,” the owner of the vineyard, is God and the “vineyard” is Israel (5:7). After speaking 5:1-2, Isaiah quotes God in 5:3-6 and then returns to speak the balance of the chapter.

This poem, written from the Servant's point of view, is an account of his pre-natal calling by God to lead both Israel and the nations. The Servant is now portrayed as the prophet of the Lord equipped and called to restore the nation to God.

Lamentations 3:37-38 New King James Version (NKJV)

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

Isaiah 49:15 is part of a larger section of the book of Isaiah that focuses on God's promise of salvation and restoration for the people of Israel. The verse uses the image of a nursing mother to illustrate the depth of God's love for his people.